{"id":148620,"date":"2022-03-21T09:27:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T03:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/ecosystem-components-definition-energy-and-material-flow\/"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:20:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T08:50:35","slug":"ecosystem-components-definition-energy-and-material-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/chemistry\/ecosystem-components\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecosystem Components \u2013 Definition, Energy and Material Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_37 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' style='display:block'><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/chemistry\/ecosystem-components\/#What_is_an_Ecosystem\" title=\"What is an Ecosystem?\">What is an Ecosystem?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/chemistry\/ecosystem-components\/#Components_of_Ecosystem\" title=\"Components of Ecosystem\">Components of Ecosystem<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/chemistry\/ecosystem-components\/#Food_Chain_and_Web\" title=\"Food Chain and Web\">Food Chain and Web<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_an_Ecosystem\"><\/span>What is an Ecosystem?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An ecosystem is a community of different living things and their physical environment. The living things in an ecosystem interact with one another and with the environment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-148619 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ecosystem-components-definition-energy-and-material-flow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ecosystem-components-definition-energy-and-material-flow.jpg?v=1647835051 606w, https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ecosystem-components-definition-energy-and-material-flow-300x212.jpg?v=1647835051 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Components_of_Ecosystem\"><\/span>Components of Ecosystem<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An ecosystem is a community of plants, animals and microorganisms in conjunction with their physical environment. The term can refer to a small body of water, such as a puddle, or to the planet Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Components of an ecosystem include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Abiotic factors, such as sunlight, water, and minerals<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Biotic factors, such as plants, animals, and microorganisms<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Energy flow, such as photosynthesis and predation<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Food webs, such as the transfer of energy from producers to consumers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Habitats, such as forests, wetlands, and prairies<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Food_Chain_and_Web\"><\/span>Food Chain and Web<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A food chain is a linear sequence of links in an ecological community, where each organism in the chain eats the organism below it. The food chain starts with the primary producers, usually plants, and ends with the top carnivores, which are usually animals.<\/p>\n<p>A food web is an ecological network of food chains. It shows how the different members of an ecosystem are linked together by their feeding relationships. Food webs are more complex than food chains because they show how many different animals eat each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is an Ecosystem? An ecosystem is a community of different living things and their physical environment. The living things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Ecosystem Components \u2013 Definition, Energy and Material Flow","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Learn about Ecosystem Components topic of Chemistry in details explained by subject experts on infinitylearn.com. 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