Question

Define an ecosystem. Mention the factors that can lead to the destruction of an ecosystem.​

Answer 1

Answer:

An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life. Biotic factors include plants, animals, and other organisms. Abiotic factors include rocks, temperature, and humidity.

Important direct drivers include habitat change, climate change, invasive species, overexploitation, and pollution. Most of the direct drivers of degradation in ecosystems and biodiversity currently remain constant or are growing in intensity in most ecosystems.

Answer 2

Answer:

Define an ecosystem. Mention the factors that can lead to the destruction of an ecosystem.

• Changes in land use: Due to an increase in population growth rate and per capita consumption of resources, the ecosystem is being changed and destroyed. Hence, there is a change in land use. Deforestation is undertaken to accommodate more agricultural activity, human settlement, construction of dams, etc.