Ecosystem

What is an Ecosystem?

An ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. In an ecosystem, living and non-living components, such as plants, animals, water, and soil, work together as a system, exchanging energy and nutrients.

How Ecosystems Function Within Biomes

Ecosystems are smaller communities of plants, animals, and microorganisms that interact with each other and their environment. Biomes are large areas that contain similar ecosystems with specific climates, like deserts, forests, or oceans.

Each ecosystem within a biome has living things (like plants and animals) and non-living things (like water, soil, and sunlight) that work together. For example, in a forest biome, there may be several ecosystems, like ponds, grasslands, and woodlands. Each of these ecosystems supports different plants and animals that are adapted to live there.