ECOSYSTEMS AND LIVING THINGS 1. THE ELEMENTS OF AN ECOSYSTEM An ecosystem includes all living things (plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, algae…) and non living things (soil, water, air and climate conditions) of a physical environment. The habitat is the place where an organism grows or lives A population is formed by all the individual organisms of the same species A community is formed by the interaction of different populations. TYPES OF ECOSYSTEMS (SUMMARY): Review their flora and fauna from the PUPIL’S BOOK and the worksheet we did about it. 1. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS 1.1 FORESTS A) Coniferous forests : cold areas B) Temperate deciduous forests: temperate areas C) Mediterranean forest: warm areas close to the Mediterranean sea D) Tropical rainforest: warm and wet areas close to th...