Top of Glossary Page ecosystem an ecological system, a natural unit of living and nonliving components which interact to form a stable system in which a cyclic interchange of materials takes place between living and nonliving units, as in a balanced aquarium or in a large lake or forest.
(a cyclic interchange of materials; takes; place; L:between living and nonliving units; L:a stable system) (nonliving components; interact; to form a stable system) Context(nonliving components interact,List([82, 117))):(nonliving components; interact to form; a stable system in which a cyclic interchange of materials takes place between living and nonliving units, as in a balanced aquarium or in a large lake or forest)
nonliving components interact,List([82, 117))
a cyclic interchange of materials nonliving components nonliving components
takes interact interact to form
place L:between living and nonliving units L:a stable system
to form a stable system
a stable system in which a cyclic interchange of materials takes place between living and nonliving units, as in a balanced aquarium or in a large lake or forest