JCECE Medical JCECE Medical Solved Paper-2006

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    Ecosystem has:

    A)  plant and animal

    B)  air and \[{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}\text{O}\]

    C)  soil and light

    D)  biotic and abiotic component

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Ecosystem comprises the biotic community and the non-living environment. [a] Abiotic components: These include air, water, soil and the basic elements and compounds of the environment. These non-living substances enter the body of living organsims, take part in metabolic activities and then return to the environment. [b] Biotic   components:   From   the nutritional point of view an ecosystem has autotrophic     and     heterotrophic components. Green plants algae and photosynthetic organisms are autotrophic whereas the animals, fungi etc., are heterotrophic.


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