Environmental Chemistry and Engineering

Environmental Eco system

An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life. Ecosystems contain biotic or living, parts, as well as abiotic factors, or non-living parts. Biotic factors include plants, animals, and other organisms. There are three main types of ecosystems: freshwater, ocean, and terrestrial. Each type of ecosystem can house a wide variety of habitats and thus accounts for the diversity of plants and animals on planet Earth. The ecosystem is a self-contained unit of living things (plants, animals, and decomposers), and their non-living environment (soil, air, and water). Example – a grassland and a forest.