{"id":6684,"date":"2020-02-28T14:42:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=6684"},"modified":"2020-02-28T14:42:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:12:34","slug":"basics-of-environment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/basics-of-environment-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics Of Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u25ba<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>ECOTONE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ecotones.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6685\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ecotones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ecotones.jpg 960w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ecotones-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ecotones-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ecotones-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ecotones-880x660.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A transition area between two biomes.<\/li>\n<li>It is where two communities meet and integrate.<strong> For ex -Mangroves, Estuary.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u25ba<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>BIOSPHERE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biosphere.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6686\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biosphere.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biosphere.jpg 960w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biosphere-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biosphere-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biosphere-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biosphere-880x660.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The layer of the planet Earth where life exists.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>BIOMASS<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Biomass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6687\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Biomass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Biomass.jpg 259w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Biomass-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is the amount of living or organic matter present in an organism.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>FOOD CHAIN &amp; FOOD WEB<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/food.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6688\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/food.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/food.jpg 960w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/food-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/food-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/food-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/food-880x660.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>FOOD CHAIN <\/strong>is a <strong>linear <\/strong>sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.<\/li>\n<li>In a food chain, each organism occupies a different trophic level, defined by how many energy transfers separate it from the basic input of the chain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>FOOD WEBS <\/strong>consist of many <strong>interconnected food chains <\/strong>and are more realistic representation of consumption relationships in ecosystems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producers<\/strong>, or <strong>autotrophs<\/strong>, make their own organic molecules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<strong>Photoautotrophs<\/strong>, such as plants, use energy from sunlight to make organic compounds \u2014sugars\u2014out of carbon dioxide in <strong>photosynthesis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<strong>Chemoautotrophs <\/strong>use energy from chemicals to build organic compounds out of carbon dioxide or similar molecules. This is called <strong>chemosynthesis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Consumers<\/strong>, or <strong>heterotrophs<\/strong>, get organic molecules by eating other organisms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Types <\/strong>of food chain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;Grazing food chain<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Detritus food chain<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ecological-pyramid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6689\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ecological-pyramid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ecological-pyramid.jpg 600w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ecological-pyramid-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ecological-pyramid-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An ecological pyramid is a graphical representation of the relationship between different organisms in an ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li>Energy moves up the pyramid, starting with the primary producers, or autotrophs, such as plants and algae at the very bottom, followed by the primary consumers, which feed on these plants, then secondary consumers, which feed on the primary consumers, and so on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u25ba<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>BIOTIC INTERACTION<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BIOTICINTERACTIONSThreeCategoriesofinteractions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6690\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BIOTICINTERACTIONSThreeCategoriesofinteractions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BIOTICINTERACTIONSThreeCategoriesofinteractions.jpg 960w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BIOTICINTERACTIONSThreeCategoriesofinteractions-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BIOTICINTERACTIONSThreeCategoriesofinteractions-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BIOTICINTERACTIONSThreeCategoriesofinteractions-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BIOTICINTERACTIONSThreeCategoriesofinteractions-880x660.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biotic interactions are the various mechanisms in which organisms interact with each other.<\/li>\n<li>Types of Biotic interactions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<strong>Mutualism <\/strong>&#8211; Both species benefit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<strong>Commensalism <\/strong>&#8211; One species benefits, other is unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<strong>Competition <\/strong>&#8211; Both species are harmed by the interaction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<strong>Predation and Parasitism <\/strong>&#8211; One species benefits and other is harmed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<strong>Amensalism <\/strong>&#8211; One species is harmed and other is unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>BIO-GEO CHEMICAL CYCLE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biogeo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6691\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biogeo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biogeo.png 612w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biogeo-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biogeo-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/biogeo-120x80.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pathway by which a chemical substance moves through biotic (biosphere) and abiotic (lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere) compartments of Earth.<\/li>\n<li>There are biogeochemical cycles for carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and water; and there are human-induced cycles such as those for mercury and atrazine.<\/li>\n<li>In this cycle energy is finally lost as heat while nutrient keep on recycling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25baECOTONE A transition area between two biomes. 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