{"id":8646,"date":"2020-04-11T07:08:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T07:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeworkminutes.com\/infographics\/?p=8646"},"modified":"2023-01-09T01:49:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T09:49:57","slug":"ecosystem-main-components-and-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeworkminutes.com\/infographics\/ecosystem-main-components-and-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecosystem: Main Components and Types\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ecosystem is a place that helps the living and non-living counterparts to interact with each other. The two components of the ecosystem are the Biotic and Abiotic ecosystem. Here we will discuss the components of the ecosystem one by one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These components of the ecosystem inter-link together through the energy flow and nutrient cycles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Components of Ecosystem<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At any point, do you see trees, animals and other things around and feel like they have a connection? Do you know that there is a collaboration between living and non-living things? Well, there&#8217;s indeed a connection between the living and non-living things. Read the below-mentioned components of the ecosystem to understand it better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Abiotic Ecosystem<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This component includes all the non-living organisms, such as minerals, climate, soil, water, sunlight, etc. In simple words, abiotic components are physical and chemical factors that act on the living organism. They are often referred to as ecological components. Here energy enters into the ecosystem through photosynthesis and absorbs by plant tissues. Animals also play an important in moving matter and energy in the system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Biotic Ecosystem\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This component includes all living organisms, such as aquatic plants, animals, etc. Besides this, it also includes fungi and bacteria. These biotic components of the ecosystem further divided into three broad categories, based on energy need sources. The three categories are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producers generate their food through the process of photosynthesis, in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consumers are living organisms that feed on plants and animals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decomposers are the saprophytes like fungi and bacteria. They feed on the decaying materials and convert it into nitrogen.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Types of Ecosystem<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Aquatic biomes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ecosystem is present in aquatic biomes like oceans, rivers, seas, etc. Water covers 70% of the earth\u2019s surface. Thus aquatic biomes are major components of the biosphere.they can occur either in the salty or freshwater It is further divided into:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pond ecosystem\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River ecosystem<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shallow water ecosystem<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deepwater ecosystem<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Terrestrial biomes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ecosystem is found on land, including forests, deserts, grasslands, etc. These terrestrial biomes differ by the temperature ranges and amount of precipitation. It is further divided into:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rainforests\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tundra<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deserts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forests<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Lentic and Lotic Biomes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lentic ecosystem supports both aquatic and terrestrial life, such as swamps. It deals with still water. But, the lotic ecosystem deals with the flowing water ecosystem like canals, rivers, brooks, and so on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0An ecosystem is a place that helps the living and non-living counterparts to interact with each other. 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