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What do ecosystems depend on?

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Well people destroy a lot of ecosystems. But some people help ecosystems. It all depend's on who you are.


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living eats nonliving


Why humans should intervene in some ecosystems?

I believe human beings should intervene in some ecosystem, because human well-being is highly dependent on ecosystems. The ecosystems provide benefits such as food and drinkable water. Ecosystems depend on essential environmental cycles like carbon, continuous circulation of water and other nutrients.


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How do top-level consumers such as hawks depend on sunlight for their food?

Most ecosystems ultimately rely on sunlight as the source of energy. Sunlight is used by plants to manufacture food. Plants are eaten by herbivores, and herbivores are in turn eaten by top-level consumers like hawks. Therefore hawks ultimately depend on sunlight for their food. At the bottom of the sea, near thermal vents, scientists have discovered new ecosystems that do not rely on sunlight, but on the chemicals and heat present at those vents as a source of energy for bacteria, which are eaten by larger organisms. The top level consumers in those ecosystems do not depend on sunlight for their food.


How top level consumers such as hawks depend on sunlight for their food?

Most ecosystems ultimately rely on sunlight as the source of energy. Sunlight is used by plants to manufacture food. Plants are eaten by herbivores, and herbivores are in turn eaten by top-level consumers like hawks. Therefore hawks ultimately depend on sunlight for their food. At the bottom of the sea, near thermal vents, scientists have discovered new ecosystems that do not rely on sunlight, but on the chemicals and heat present at those vents as a source of energy for bacteria, which are eaten by larger organisms. The top level consumers in those ecosystems do not depend on sunlight for their food.


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Ecosystems that are established on land (as opposed to Marine ecosystems).


Do muskrats live in the desert?

Muskrats depend on rivers and wetlands for food. They play an important role in wetland ecosystems where they are native. They are not adapted to deserts, and do not live in deserts.


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Saltwater/Marine ecosystems and Freshwater ecosystems.