Question

describe the interaction between plants and animals in terms of energy flow and the environment.

Answer 1

1. In the environment there are two types of factors. They are biotic and abiotic factors.

2. Under biotic factors there are palnts and animals.

3. Abiotic factors are sunlight, air, water, temperature, soil, humidity, salinity,

3. Both biotic and abiotic factors interact with each other to meet their requirement in terms of food or energy source.

4. In an ecosystem all the plants and animla are interlinked with each other interms of food energy.

5. In an ecosystem plants are producers, as they convert light energy into chemical (Photosynthesis)energy stored in their body in the form of biomass. This biomass is available for other animals as source of food hence plants are called "Universal food providers"

6. The Primary consumers (herbivores) get their food from plants in the form of food. The evergy stored in plants is transferred to animal in the form of food evergy.

7. The Secondary consumers (Cornivores) get their food from herbivores in the form of food.

8. The tertiary consomers (top convnivores) ger their food from conrnivores in the form of food.

9. After death of plant and animal nutrients present in their body are decomposed by bacteria and other microbes and re-add the nuitrients into the environment.

10. In this way plant and animals interact with envirnoment