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1 Community and Ecosystem

By: Nisrina
Sivanesshni Chandran
 An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving
components of their environment, interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic
components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows.

A few important terms in this subtopic:

Habitat is the natural surrounding or A species is a group of similar

the living place of an organism. organisms, able to interbreed
and produce fertile offsprings.
A population is a number of An ecosystem is a few communities
organisms of the same species that live together in a habitat in
which live in the same habitat and conjunction with non-living
interbreeding components (abiotic) such as
water, air and soil. These biotic and
abiotic components are linked
together through nutrient cycles
and energy flows.
A community is the populations of all
organisms from different species living
in the same habitat while interacting
with each other.