Fundamentals of Physical Geography

2nd Edition

James Petersen

ISBN: 9781133606536

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What examples of a producer, a consumer, and a decomposer are in this image?

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The examples of producers, consumers, and decomposers in the given image.

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Ecosystem refers to a community of organisms that occupy a given area and carry interdependency with one another and with the environment that allows them to survive. There are four basic components of ecosystems.

The first component of an ecosystem is abiotic or the non-living part. The elements and compounds from the soil, the groundwater and the atmosphere supports the life.

The second component of an ecosystem is producers or autotrophs. Plants are the autotrophs that use solar energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into organic molecules...

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