What are the components of ecosystem?
There are two ‘parts’ to every ecosystem; the living (biotic) components like plants and animals, and the non-living (abiotic) components like air, water, soil, nutrients and solar energy. Living components: Living organisms (biotic components) in an ecosystem can be classified as either producers or consumers, depending how they get their food. Producers (autotrophs i.e. self-feeders) can make organic nutrients (glucose, sucrose) they need, using simple inorganic (carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen) compounds and energy from the environment; Green plants on land and algae in aquatic ecosystems produce their food by the process of photosynthesis. Consumers (heterotrophs i.e. other-feeders) are those organisms which directly or indirectly depend on food provided by producers. Consumers, depending on their food habits, Can be sub-classified into herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and decomposers. (Decomposers eat dead materials and break them down into nitrogen, carbon and other simpler i
