Interdependence in nature is illustrated by?

Answer 1

Interdependence in nature is illustrated by ecosystems. Living organisms rarely exist alone as illustrated by an ecosystem, in which everything is interconnected. The sun provides the light energy, which primary producers (plants, algae, and photosynthetic prokaryotes) use to synthesize sugars and other organic compounds. These sugars and organic compounds are then used as building material for growth and as fuel for cellular respiration. The organisms in the next trophic levels indirectly or directly depend on this photosynthetic output of the primary producers as this chemical energy is then consumed by primary consumers (herbivores), secondary consumers (carnivores), and tertiary consumers (carnivores that eat other carnivores). Many of these nutrient transfers through the trophic level lead to detritus, non living organic material, which provides energy for the detritivores (prokaryotes and fungi) who help to decompose this organic material in an ecosystem. The chemical elements are then transferred in inorganic forms to abiotic reservoirs such as soil, water, and air, which the primary producers recycle into organic compounds. These living organisms are so interconnected that there would be serious consequences for the ecosystem and the living organisms in it if even one trophic level were to be destroyed.