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