1.Core content
Abiotic components means non-living objects and Biotic components means living
organisms. Biotic components may be classified into three groups; producers, consumers, and
decomposers.
2. Objective Learning
2.1 Student are able to explain the concept of environment and the components.
2.2 Student are able to conclusion environmental observations and identifying biotic and
components.
3. Content
Abiotic components
Abiotic comes from the word a means not or without, and biotic means life. So, abiotic can
be defined as all non-living objects found in an ecosystem. Examples of abiotic components
are water, soil, rocks, sand, air, light, temperature, humidity and gravity.
Biotic components
All animals (including human ), plants and microorganisms in an ecosystem are
considered as biotic components. Based on their roles in an ecosystem, biotic components
may be classified into three groups; producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Producers
Producers are a group of living organisms which are able to produce their own food (
nutrients ). These groups consist of all plants with chlorophyll. By using the energy of
sunlight and raw materials carbon dioxide and oxygen. Look at figure 1.1 carbohydrates are a
source of nutrients for other living organisms.
Figure 1.1 During photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and water ( both are raw material ) react to produce
carbohydrates ( final product ) and oxygen ( side product ).
Consumers
Consumers consist of organisms which are not able to produce their own food or nutrients.
Consumers include all animals and humans. To obtain food, animals and humans eat plants or other
animal. For example, a caterpillar eats leaves, a parrot eats caterpillar, and an eagle eats parrots.
Consumers depend on producers, either directly or indirectly.
Animals which directly eat plants are considered as first level consumers (primary consumer). For
example, a caterpillar which eats leaves is considered as a first level consumer. Animals which eat a
first level consumer are considered as a second level consumer (secondary level). For example: a bird
eats caterpillars; the bird is considered as a second level consumer, and so on.
Decomposers
Decomposers are responsible for decomposing organisms. Living organisms which are considered as
decomposers are bacteria and saprophytic fungi. Saprophytic organisms live in the waste or residual
matter of dead organisms.
Form the explanation of biotic components (producers, consumers, and decomposers), we can
conclude that producers are needed by the first level consumers; the first level consumers are needed
by the second level consumers; the second level consumers are needed by the third level consumers
(tertiary consumers); and so on. Dead organisms, either from producers or consumers, will be
decomposed by decomposers. See Figure 1.2.
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