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What is stratification in an ecosystem?

Options

  1. AThe vertical distribution of different species
  2. BThe number of species in an ecosystem
  3. CThe interrelationship between species
  4. DThe water component of an ecosystem

Correct answer

A. The vertical distribution of different species

Step-by-step solution

In earlier classes, you have looked at the various components of the environment- abiotic and biotic. You studied how the individual biotic and abiotic factors affected each other and their surrounding. Let us look at these components in a more integrated manner and see how the flow of energy takes place within these components of the ecosystem. Interaction of biotic and abiotic components result in a physical structure that is characteristic for each type of ecosystem. Identification and enumeration of plant and a

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