{"id":2038,"date":"2020-07-19T11:22:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T11:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2020-07-19T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T11:22:37","slug":"q-3-explain-components-of-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-3-explain-components-of-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Q.3 Explain Components of Ecosystem."},"content":{"rendered":"

Q.3 Explain Components of Ecosystem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

An ecosystem is comprised of two basic parts<\/p>\n

1) Biotic Components
\nDefinition <\/strong>
\nThe living parts (organisms) of the ecosystem is called biotic components, Examples
\n\u2022 Producers (Plants, Algae and Cyanobacteria)
\n\u2022 Consumers (Animals, Protozoa)
\n\u2022 Decomposers (Bacteria and Fungi)
\n2) Abiotic Components <\/strong>
\nThe non-living factors present in ecosystem are called abiotic components.
\nExamples<\/strong>
\ni) Air ii) Water iii). Soil iv) Light v)
\nTemperature Biotic Components
\n1) Producers<\/strong>
\nDefinition<\/strong>
\nThese are the autotrophs in an ecosystem. These organisms are able to synthesize complex organic compounds (food) from inorganic raw materials. Producers form the basis of any ecosystem.
\nExamples <\/strong>
\n(i) In terrestrial ecosystems, plants are the main producers.
\n(ii) In aquatic ecosystems, the main producers are the algae (phytoplankton) and Shallow water rooted plants.
\n2) Consumers <\/strong>
\nDefinition <\/strong>
\nThese are the heterotrophs in an ecosystem. These organisms are unable to synthesize their food and so depend upon producers for food. The animals are the major consumers of all the ecosystems.
\nExamples<\/strong>
\nAnimals, Fungi, Protozoans and many of the Bacteria.
\nTypes of Consumers<\/strong>
\ni. Herbivores <\/strong>
\nThese animals feed directly on plants or products of plants. They are also called primary
\nconsumers.
\nExamples <\/strong>
\nCattle, deer, rabbit, grasshopper etc.
\nii. Carnivores. <\/strong>
\nThose animals that feed upon other animals are called carnivores. The carnivores are of following types.
\nTypes of carnivores <\/strong>
\na) Primary carnivores <\/strong>
\nThose carnivores that feed upon herbivores are called primary carnivores. They are secondary consumers.
\nExamples<\/strong>
\nFox, frog, predatory birds, many fishes and snakes.
\nb) Secondary carnivores <\/strong>
\nThose carnivores that feed upon primary carnivores are called secondary carnivores. They are tertiary consumers.
\nExamples <\/strong>
\nWolf and owl etc.
\nc) Tertiary carnivores <\/strong>
\nThose carnivores that feed upon secondary carnivores are called tertiary carnivores. They are not eaten by any other animals. So they are also called top carnivores.
\nExamples<\/strong>
\nLion, Tiger etc.
\nOmnivores <\/strong>
\nThose consumers that eat animal flesh as well as plants and plant products are called omnivores. :
\nExamples<\/strong>
\nHuman and Crow etc.
\n3) Decomposers or Reducers <\/strong>
\nThose organisms that break down the complex organic compounds of dead matter (of plants and animals) into simple compounds. They secrete digestive enzymes into dead and decaying organic matter to digest the organic material. Products of digestion are absorbed for their own use and remaining substances are added to the environment for reuse. The minerals, which are released by decomposers, are used as nutrients by the producers.
\n Examples<\/strong>
\nBacteria and fungi.
\n\"Bacteria
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Q.3 Explain Components of Ecosystem. Answer: An ecosystem is comprised of two basic parts 1) Biotic Components Definition The living parts (organisms) of the ecosystem is called biotic components, Examples \u2022 Producers (Plants, Algae and Cyanobacteria) \u2022 Consumers (Animals, Protozoa) \u2022 Decomposers (Bacteria and Fungi) 2) Abiotic Components The non-living factors present in ecosystem are… Read More »Q.3 Explain Components of Ecosystem.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2040,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions\/2040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}