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Our Environment

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 10 · Science

Quick revision notes for Our Environment — Madhya Pradesh Board Class 10 Science. Key concepts, formulas, and definitions for last-minute revision.

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1. Ecosystem and Its Components

  • An ecosystem consists of biotic and abiotic components.
  • Biotic components are living organisms such as plants, animals, microorganisms, and human beings.
  • Abiotic components are non-living physical factors such as temperature, rainfall, wind, soil, and minerals.
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2. Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

  • Producers are autotrophs that make food from inorganic substances using solar energy in the presence of chlorophyll.
  • Green plants and certain bacteria are producers.
  • Producers occupy the first trophic level.
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3. Food Chain, Trophic Levels, and Food Web

  • A food chain is a sequence of organisms where one organism is eaten by the next.
  • Each step or level in a food chain is called a trophic level.
  • Producers are at the first trophic level.
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4. Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

  • Energy flow in an ecosystem is unidirectional.
  • Energy captured by autotrophs does not return to the Sun.
  • Energy passed to herbivores does not go back to autotrophs.

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An ecosystem consists of biotic componentsProducers are autotrophsConsumers are heterotrophs that depend directlyDecomposers are microorganisms such as bacteriaA food chain is a sequence

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