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    The document outlines five physical factors that make up the abiotic components of an ecosystem: light, temperature, water, soil, and atmosphere. It then defines the biotic components as the living parts, which include producers that can produce their own food, consumers that eat available food such as herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, and decomposers that break down dead organic matter. Different roles in the ecosystem include producers, consumers, and decomposers.

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    The document outlines five physical factors that make up the abiotic components of an ecosystem: light, temperature, water, soil, and atmosphere. It then defines the biotic components as the living parts, which include producers that can produce their own food, consumers that eat available food such as herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, and decomposers that break down dead organic matter. Different roles in the ecosystem include producers, consumers, and decomposers.

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    FIVE Physical Factors of the Environment (Abiotic Components)

     Light
     Temperature
     Water
     Soil
     Atmosphere

    Components of Ecosystem
     Abiotic Components
    -the non-living components
    -the physical environment
    -includes soil, water, light, inorganic nutrients, and weather condition.
     Biotic Components
    -the living components
    -composed of a habitat and a niche

    Different Roles (Niche) of the Biotic Components

     Producers
    -The autotrophic organism capable of producing their own food
    -could be chemoautotroph (bacteria), obtaining energy by oxidizing inorganic
    compounds to synthesize carbohydrates, or a photoautotroph (plants), obtaining energy
    from light to synthesize carbohydrates.
     Consumers
    -the heterotrophic organisms that eat available food
    -classification
    1. Herbivores
    2. Carnivores
    3. Omnivores

     Decomposers
    -the heterotrophic organism that break down detritus, non-living organic matter, to
    inorganic matter, to be used by the producers

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