Underneath a rotting log in the woods, there are ants, worms, leaves, dirt, water, roots, and more. It’s a whole little world in a tiny space.
It’s an ecosystem. Across miles and miles of a huge forest, there are trees, bushes, animals, birds, sunlight, rain, and more. That’s an ecosystem, too.
Where do living and nonliving things exist in the same area? In an ecosystem. In an ecosystem, plants and animals share the same area with nonliving things, such as soil and water.
