Question

Justify that environment contains both the living and non living components.

Answer 1

Ecosystems make life possible on our planet because organisms don't live in isolation. Rather, they interact with their environment and with the other living things around them. Indeed, species survival highly depends upon an organism’s adaptability to both the living and nonliving elements around it.

What Determines an Ecosystem

An ecosystem is the functional unit of nature that includes the community of organisms that grow, reproduce, feed and interact, as well as the nonliving elements of an environment. At times, the word ecosystem is confused with the term biome, but they differ from one another in scale. An ecosystem describes a single environmental and ecological unit. A biome, by contrast, tends to be regional and often has several distinct ecosystems within it. For example, an aquatic biome consists of numerous ecosystems like tidal pools, coral reefs and kelp forests. At any rate, a delicate balance exists within an ecosystem because of the competition for resources.

The Living Things in an Ecosystem

Organisms within an ecosystem are comprised of several species of living things -- from the microscopic to the very large. A pond ecosystem’s living things, for example, range in size from the algae and zooplankton in a drop of pond water to the larger fish, amphibians, lilies and cattails that make their homes in the pond. Meanwhile, a community is defined by all the different populations of varied species co-existing and thriving within that same habitat. The resilience of the community hinges on a cycle -- or chain of events and processes -- that creates food and energy for all the organisms within the ecosystem. The ecosystem’s cycle encompasses the producers, consumers and decomposers who cycle energy through the food web so that there is constant productivity, decomposition and nutrient cycling.

The Nonliving Things in an Ecosystem

The nonliving things in an ecosystem create and define the ecosystem's environment and include sunlight, temperature, precipitation, weather, landscape, soil chemistry, water chemistry and even base nutrient supply. These abiotic components are vital to the ecosystem’s health because they are keystones in its energy flow and nutrient cycle. Energy from sunlight is transformed into chemical energy through photosynthesis by plants, which are the base producers in most ecosystems. Essential nutrients and elements -- such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen -- that are necessary for the biochemical processes of life are obtained from the surrounding atmosphere, soil, water and physical environment. Energy and elements are endlessly cycled within the ecosystem because of the interaction between its biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) elements.

The Relationship Between Living And Nonliving Things

Biotic and abiotic elements of an ecosystem are closely tied to one another. Nonliving factors determine what living things can be supported in an ecosystem. Similarly, the living things in a habitat affect the nonliving things there. For example, plants can affect soil chemistry or certain algae influence water chemistry. An ideal ecosystem is balanced among its parts, both biotic and abiotic, so that energy flow and nutrient cycling are stable enough for all organisms to reproduce and thrive. Any disruption -- like the removal or addition of an abiotic or biotic factor -- to the ecosystem can impact numerous aspects of its organization. For example, introducing an invasive species or a toxic pollutant throws the ecosystem's structural organization off kilter, often with domino-like effects.

Answer 2

Living components-human beings,plants,animals,zombies.
Non living components - sun air soil etc
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