An ecosystem is best defined as ________

A) abiotic factors affecting a grouping or plants, animals, and organisms trying to survive in a given area
B) all the organisms and their physical and chemical environment within a specific area where energy and matter influence the distribution and abundance of organisms present
C) a grouping of plants and animals that interacts with one another in a way that causes the grouping to die
D) a regional grouping of plants, animals, and abiotic factors
E) the total population of a specific kind of plant, animal, or microbe and all members of which do or potentially can interbreed and produce young


Answer: B

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