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Compare and contrast an ecosystem driven by photosynthesis to an ecosystem driven by chemosynthesis.

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Both chemosynthesis and photosynthesis are processes used to create food.

Photosynthesis is a process plants use to create food (glucose), in which plants convert light energy into chemical energy.  

Chemosynthesis is the process by which food (glucose) is made by bacteria using chemicals instead of light energy.

An ecosystem driven by photosynthesis requires sunlight in order to perform photosynthesis.  An ecosystem driven by chemosynthesis does not require sunlight.  instead, chemosynthesis requires bacteria or other living organisms that derive energy from reactions involving inorganic chemicals.

In order  to produce food Photosynthetic ecosystem use sunlight while chemosynthetic organism breakdown inorganic molecule.

An ecosystem driven by photosynthesis:

  • gets its energy from The Sun and
  • primary producers are algae or plants.

Example:

  • A pond Ecosystem
  • A grassland ecosystem

An Ecosystem driven by chemosynthesis:

  • Gets energy from breakdown of inorganic compounds.
  • Primary producer of this ecosystem is Chemosynthetic bacteria.

For Example:

  • Deep sea thermal vent ecosystem.

So, we can conclude that to produce food Photosynthetic ecoaystem use sunlight while chemosynthetic organism breakdown inorganic molecule.

To know more about chemosynthesis, refer to the link:

https://brainly.com/question/3346745?referrer=searchResults

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