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    This document discusses ecosystems and biodiversity. It defines an ecosystem as a community of interacting organisms and their environment. Ecosystems receive energy from the sun and include producers, consumers, and decomposers. Ecosystems can be classified as natural or artificial and include various biomes like forests, grasslands, aquatic ecosystems, and deserts. The document also discusses biodiversity assessment initiatives in India, threats to biodiversity hotspots, and conservation laws. It provides examples of abiotic ecosystem components like sunlight and biotic components like producers, herbivores, and detritivores.

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    This document discusses ecosystems and biodiversity. It defines an ecosystem as a community of interacting organisms and their environment. Ecosystems receive energy from the sun and include producers, consumers, and decomposers. Ecosystems can be classified as natural or artificial and include various biomes like forests, grasslands, aquatic ecosystems, and deserts. The document also discusses biodiversity assessment initiatives in India, threats to biodiversity hotspots, and conservation laws. It provides examples of abiotic ecosystem components like sunlight and biotic components like producers, herbivores, and detritivores.

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    Unit 3 Part 1

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    This document discusses ecosystems and biodiversity. It defines an ecosystem as a community of interacting organisms and their environment. Ecosystems receive energy from the sun and include producers, consumers, and decomposers. Ecosystems can be classified as natural or artificial and include various biomes like forests, grasslands, aquatic ecosystems, and deserts. The document also discusses biodiversity assessment initiatives in India, threats to biodiversity hotspots, and conservation laws. It provides examples of abiotic ecosystem components like sunlight and biotic components like producers, herbivores, and detritivores.

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    Ecosystem and Biodiversity

    Unit 3
    Contents

     All about ecosystem


     All about biodiversity
     Biodiversity assessment initiatives in India
     Threats and hotspots of biodiversity
     Conservations of biodiversity – objects, various laws
    Ecosystem
    Definition of ecosystem

     An ecosystem is a community of interacting organisms and their environment.


     Living things interact with each other and also with non-living things like soil,
    water and air.
     Ecosystems often contain many living things and can be as small as your
    backyard or as large as the ocean.
    Characteristics of ecosystem

     Ecosystem can be of any size


     The sun is a primary source of energy
     During flow of energy all components get role to play as primary, secondary
    and tertiary producers or consumers.
    Classification of Ecosystem

     Ecosystems can generally be classified into two classes such as natural and
    artificial. 
     Artificial ecosystems are natural regions affected by man’s interferences.
    They are artificial lakes, reservoirs, townships, and cities.
      Natural ecosystems are basically classified into two major types. They are
    aquatic ecosystem and terrestrial ecosystem.
    Types of Natural Ecosystem

     An ecosystem is a self-contained unit of living things and their non-living


    environment. The following chart shows the types of Natural Ecosystem −
     The major types of ecosystems are forests, grasslands, deserts, tundra,
    freshwater and marine.
     The word “biome” may also be used to describe terrestrial ecosystems which
    extend across a large geographic area, such as tundra.
     The World Ocean is the largest existing ecosystem on our planet. 
     Tundra - a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North
    America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
    Major Ecosystem of the world

     Fresh water ecosystem – lake, pond , grassland


     Terrestrial ecosystem – forests
     Ocean ecosystem – marine , island etc.
    General Characteristics of ecosystem

     An ecosystem contained in a particular region depends upon temperature ,


    other atmospheric parameters like gases, plants grown in an area , over all
    climate and the fluctuations faced. Any such ecosystem is called as “Biome”

     A biome is an area of the planet that can be classified according to the plants
    and animals that live in it.
     Temperature, soil, and the amount of light and water help determine what
    life exists in a biome.
     It can be defined as “ An area of land contained with plants and animals
    which are adapted according to climatic conditions of environment in the
    region.
    Types of ecosystem in biomes

     Tundra
     Grassland
     Chaparral - vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes.
     Savanna - a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
     Alpine - a plant native to mountain districts, often suitable for growing in
    rock gardens.
     Taiga -coniferous forest of high northern latitudes
     Terrestrial forest
     Desert
     Rain forest
    Abiotic components Biotic components
    Sunlight Primary producers
    Temperature Herbivores
    Precipitation Carnivores
    Water or moisture Omnivores
    Soil or water chemistry Detritivores -an animal which feeds on
    dead organic material, especially plant
    detritus.
    Thank you…

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