Environment is defined as the surroundings in which an organizationoperates including air, water, land an d natural resources, flora, fauna, humans

and their inter relations. What is an Ecosystem? An ecosystem consists of the biological community that occurs in some locale, and the physical and chemical factors that make up its non-living or abiotic environment. There are many examples of ecosystems -- a pond, a forest, an estuary, a grassland.

Components of an Ecosystem We can clarify the components/parts of an ecosystem by listing them under the headings "abiotic" and "biotic". Biotic Factors Biotic, meaning of or related to life, are living factors. Plants, animals, fungi, protist and bacteria are all biotic or living factors. Abiotic Factors Abiotic, meaning not alive, are nonliving factors that affect living organisms. Environmental factors such habitat (pond, lake, ocean, desert, mountain) or weather such as temperature, cloud cover, rain, snow, hurricanes, etc. are abiotic factors.
ABIOTIC COMPONENTS Sunlight Temperature Precipitation Water or moisture Soil or water chemistry etc. All of these vary over space/time BIOTIC COMPONENTS Primary producers Herbivores Carnivores Omnivores Decomposers etc.

The balance of an ecosystem is delicate, and a disruption such as the introduction of a new element can damage it. rabbits were introduced into Australia and upset the ecological balance. Like many small native animals, rabbits live in burrows and eat plants. They thrived in Australia and competed for food and living space, which has resulted in some native animals becoming endangered.

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Scientists group ecosystems that are similar. They are called biomes. Biomes are large areas of the Earth that have similar weather, types of plants and animals.

One of Earth's biomes is desert.

When we talk about the entire ecosystem of the whole planet, we call it the biosphere. The seven generally accepted biomes are: water (freshwater or ocean) rainforest (tropical or temperate) tundra desert taiga (coniferous forests) deciduous forests grassland