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Understanding Ecosystem: Definition and Components

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Who first coined the term 'ecosystem'?

Arthur Tansley (correct)

Trohpic Structure

Smith

Eugene Odum

What are the living and non-living components of an ecosystem known as?

Trophic structure and biotic diversity

Biotic and abiotic components (correct)

Community and physical environment

Energy flow and material cycles

According to Eugene Odum, how did he define an ecosystem?

Related to its species diversity

Unit that includes all the organisms interacting with the physical environment (correct)

Dependent on energy flow and material cycles

Major structural and functional unit of ecology

What is the relationship between the structure of an ecosystem and its species diversity?

Complex ecosystems have high species diversity Signup and view all the answers

What process do young ecosystems undergo to change from less complex to more complex ecosystems?

Succession Signup and view all the answers

What did Eugene Odum define as an ecosystem?

An unit that includes all the organisms interacting with the physical environment to lead to trophic structure, biotic diversity, and material cycles Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the structure of an ecosystem and its species diversity?

Complex ecosystems have high species diversity Signup and view all the answers

What process do young ecosystems undergo to change from less complex to more complex ecosystems?

Succession Signup and view all the answers

What is a major structural and functional unit of ecology?

Ecosystem Signup and view all the answers

What does an ecosystem's energy budget determine?

The amount of energy needed to maintain the ecosystem Signup and view all the answers

Understanding Ecosystem: Definition and Components

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Questions and Answers

Who first coined the term 'ecosystem'?

What are the living and non-living components of an ecosystem known as?

According to Eugene Odum, how did he define an ecosystem?

What is the relationship between the structure of an ecosystem and its species diversity?

What process do young ecosystems undergo to change from less complex to more complex ecosystems?

What did Eugene Odum define as an ecosystem?

What is the relationship between the structure of an ecosystem and its species diversity?

What process do young ecosystems undergo to change from less complex to more complex ecosystems?

What is a major structural and functional unit of ecology?

What does an ecosystem's energy budget determine?

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