CBSE Class 11 Geography Chapter 15 Life on the Earth Notes
Ecology is the study of the interaction of organisms with their physical environment and with each other. Ecosystem on the other hand is the system consisting of biotic as well as abiotic components. Biotic components include the producers, the consumers and the decomposers, while the abiotic factors include factors like, rainfall, sunlight, temperature, humidity, etc. Ecosystems are of two types: terrestrial ecosystem and aquatic ecosystem.
Terrestrial ecosystem can further be classified into biomes. A biome is a plant and animal community that covers a large geographical area. Biomes are demarcated on the basis of climatic cha aracteristics. There are basically five types of biomes. These are: forest biome, desert biome, grassland biome, aquatic biome and altitudinal biome. Please refer Class 11 Geography Chapter 15 Life on the Earth Notes for more information.
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