Difference between Biome and Ecosystem | Biome vs Ecosystem

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What is Biome?

Biome means a large community of plants, animals and organisms adapted to a particular kind of climate and physical features of that area. It is named according to the vegetation found in it for the ex-tropical forest, coniferous forest etc

Every biome is characterised by a distinct climate, so species that survive in that climate are found in that biome.

What is an Ecosystem?

The ecosystem is considered to be a part of the genome. It generally refers to how living and non-living components interact in that particular area.

Living components are called biotic which includes plants, animals and other organisms and non-living are called abiotic such as soil, water, temperature, climate etc. The biotic components interact among themselves like in a food chain and parasitism, symbiosis etcThis helps in maintaining  the flow of energy in the ecosystem

Biome vs Ecosystem

Biome

Ecosystem

Refers to huge land area which has a distinct climate and specific  species of plant and animals

Refers to how living and non-living components coordinate with each other

Influenced mainly by climatic factors like temperature, rainfall etc

Climatic factors do not have much influence

It can include a lot of ecosystems in it.

It includes biotic and abiotic factors

It is affected by latitude

Not affected by latitude

The interaction may not happen between all the animals of the biome

All organisms interact with each other