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A community where living things (plants, animals) and non-living things (air, water, soil) interact together in one area.
Ecosystem
The natural jobs or processes (like recycling nutrients or moving energy) that keep an ecosystem healthy and running.
Functions of ecosystem
The free benefits, rewards, and life-support systems that humans get from a healthy, working nature.
Services of ecosystem
Human activities or natural disasters (like pollution, cutting down forests, or global warming) that harm and damage nature._________________________
Threats to ecosystem
The process of stopping and reversing degradation, resulting in improved ecosystem services, and recovered biodiversity._________________________
Ecosystem restoration
All the living things inside an ecosystem, including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi._________________________
Biotic component
The non-living, physical parts of an environment, such as sunlight, temperature, water, air, and soil._________________________
Abiotic component
The one-way movement of energy from the sun, to plants, and then to animals, losing 90% of its power at each step._________________________
Energy flow
The process where dead plants and animals are broken down into simple pieces and minerals by bugs and bacteria._________________________
Decomposition
Products or materials we directly take from nature, such as food, fresh water, wood, and medicines._________________________
Provisionary services
The basic background processes in nature (like soil formation and oxygen production) that are needed for all other services to exist._________________________
Supporting services
Natural processes that control and clean the environment, such as trees purifying the air, wetlands filtering water, and bees pollinating crops._________________________
Regulating services
Non-material benefits we get from nature, like enjoying a beautiful view, hiking, relaxing, or learning about wildlife. _________________________
Cultural services
The tropical rainforest ecosystem is known for having the highest biodiversity on earth. ( True Or False)
True
Algae and waterliies are abiotic factors of fresh water ecosystem. True or False
False
The key characteristic of Desert ecosystem is extreme temperature between day and night. True or False
True
