Ecosystem is an independently functioning unit with the most important processes being energy flow and nutrient cycling. Using food chain and biogeochemical cycles as examples, explain both the processes and its importance in functioning of Ecosystem.

Q: Explain the three ecological pyramids in detail. What are the shortcomings of each type’s ecological…

A: Ecological pyramids are also known as energy pyramids, and they are of three major types.

Q: Figure 1. The ecosystem structure and functioning are governed by at least five independent control…

A: The combination of living organism along with the environment around them is termed to be the…

Q: An ecosystem can be as small as a rotting log in the forest, or as large as the great plains of the…

A: An ecosystem is defined as the unified system of living and non-living components present in the…

Q: How climatic warming on tree harvest by people could possibly change the interactive controls of the…

A: Forests are covered by a large number of trees, grass, bushes, and shrubs. Apart from this, they…

Q: Which of the following is the smallest artificial ecosystem that has sustained for a long period?…

A: An artificial system could be a human created system of plants, animals, and other people living in…

Q: Is it possible to describe abiotic factors as more or less important to an ecosystem than biotic…

A: Ecosystems are the structural and functional units of ecology in which living species interact with…

Q: List the major categories of services that natural ecosystems provide, and give three examples of…

A: The natural ecosystem provides services.  The ecosystem include forest, grassland, agro and aquatic…

Q: Describe Bioaccumulation and biomagnification. In a food chain or web what are the type of organisms…

A: A food web will consist of all the food chains present in a single ecosystem. Each living organism…

Q: Which is not a gaseous biogeochemical cycle in ecosystem?

A: The term biogeochemical cycle is used for the exchange or circulation of nutrients between living…

Q: . In the table below, list six abiotic factors that impact the distribution and abundance of…

A: Abiotic factor Impacts on terrestrial ecosystems Sunlight Sunlight is necessary for plants to…

Q: Describe how climate, latitude, and elevation affect the global distribution of ecosystems.

A: Given: To find how the climate,latitude and elevation affect global distribution of ecosystems.

Q: Name two examples of man-made ecosystems. Write their salient features which distinguish them from…

A: The ecosystem is referred to as the community in which organisms live together by interacting with…

Q: Diverse ecosystems are likely to be more stable than less diverse ecosystems because;

A: Answer:an ecosystem that has a greater number of species is more likely to withstand disturbance…

Q: Draw the simplest stable ecosystem you can imagine.

A: The stability of the ecosystem is important for its sustenance. It is studied under the domain of…

Q: An ecosystem is composed of communities of living organisms at a particular time. This includes…

A: The survival of life on Earth is impossible without resources. These resources are Biotic (living)…

Q: Describe the flow of nutrients in an ecosystem

A: Nutrients are compounds essential to each and every living thing as they provide energy and act as…

Q: Explain why energy flow in the ecosystem is unidirectionat while nutrients movement in the ecosystem…

A: The combination of the living organisms and the abiotic environment they live in constitute the…

Q: Choose any natural ecosystem (terrestrial, freshwater, marine). Construct a conceptual diagram…

A: Introduction: The freshwater ecosystem comes under aquatic ecosystems and includes freshwater…

Q: Describe how living components in the ecosystem change nonliving components during succession.

A: Succession is an ecological term that describes how the pattern of a particular ecology gets evolved…

Q: An example of biotic factor in an ecosystem is

A: A biotic factor is defined as a living organic entity that shapes its current circumstance. In a…

Q: Barry Commoner coined the First Law of Ecology: "Everything is connected to everything else" in…

A: Introduction:- Ecology means the study of relationships and processes which  links  living things to…

Q: Define the following terms: Science Systems Disturbances Ecosystem Feedbacks Matter Energy…

A: The necessity and curiosity of man to know about himself and his surroundings has led him to…

Q: Air, Water and Soil are _______ factors of an ecosystem

A: An ecosystem is made up of all the species that communicate with each other as well as the physical…

Q: Explain why energy flow in the ecosystem is unidirectional; while nutrients movements in the…

A: Energy flow in the ecosystem can be defined as the phenomenon or the way by which energy travels…

Q: Ecosystems 1. Identify the diagrams below as a population, a community, or an ecosystem. Briefly…

A: Ecology is the study of interaction between the living organism and their environment. Environment…

Q: how to maintain a continuous healthy terrestrial ecosystem . Consider the following in your…

A: A terrestrial ecosystem is a land-based community of organisms and the interactions of biotic and…

Q: An ecosystem displays ecological stability if it can return to what after an environmental…

A: The environment disturbance can be fire or flood or any sudden disturbance. An ecosystem is a group…

Q: Succession occurs in natural ecosystems. Describe and explain how succession occurs.

A: ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION It  is the process of change in the species structure of an ecological…

Q: within marine ecosystems are better described as food webs. Whether considering a food chain or a…

A: A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one…

Q: A pyramid of energy reveals the flow of energy from producers to primary consumers and to higher…

A: A pyramid of energy reveals the flow of energy from producers to primary consumers and to higher…

Q: Characterize the following items according to their category of ecosystem services

A: A bubble of life formed by the the organisms, the environment, the landscape and the weather…

Q: In three to five sentences, describe how the diagram of Earth’s carbon cycle demonstrates the…

A: The carbon cycle is a cyclic process that resues the carbon that travels from the lithosphere to the…

Q: An example of abiotic factors impacting the ecosystem?

A: Abiotic waters are the non living factors like water, temperature, air which are present in our…

Q: Please draw a diagram that shows the interactions among biotic components of the savanna ecosystem.

A: A savanna ecosystem consists of mixed woodland and a grassland ecosystem. It is distinguished by…

Q: The study of nutrient cycling though the environment is an example of which of the following? a.…

A: Ecosystem is a complex varied hierarchical system that comprises biotic and abiotic factors…

Q: Identify several types of ecosystem services. How might their value be accounted for?

A: The natural ecosystems provide several resources to benefit mankind and together these benefits are…

Q: Name any two organisms which can occupy more than one trophic level in an ecosystem.

A: Ecosystem is composed of all biotic and abiotic components that exist together and interact with…

Q: Ecosystem A Ecosystem B

A: Biodiversity is also known as biological diversity, which is the variety of life on Earth across all…

Q: An ecosystem is made up of plants, animals and microbes on one hand and air, water and mineral soil…

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Q: Habitat components are of two types, abiotic and biotic. List several components of each type.

A: Habitat can be defined as a specific locality delimited by a certain factors, physical features nd…

Q: Describe characteristics of food web structure in mangrove ecosystem. Use following three words in…

A: A mangrove ecosystem mayy refers to a tidal swamp ecosystem found in tropical deltas or  estuaries,…

Q: omponents of an ecosystem include

A: Components of an ecosystem include: - Biotic Components Abiotic Components

Q: Give three examples of each biotic interaction, specifically commensalism and competition. Please…

A: In the biosphere, there are numerous intricate relationships. Living organisms form biotic…

Q: Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem service?

A: Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits to humans provided by the natural environment…

Q: Flows of energy and cycles of nutrients link the biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems into…

A: Ecosystem  Ecosystem can be defined as a biotic community interaction with abiotic environment.