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Biotic and Abiotic factors in the environment

Biotic and Abiotic factors in the environment. ECOLOGY. Table of Contents. How many living and nonliving things can you identify in this photograph?. Let’s watch…. Biotic vs. Abiotic. Living things depend on the environment.

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Biotic and Abiotic factors in the environment

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  1. Biotic and Abiotic factors in the environment ECOLOGY

  2. Table of Contents

  3. How many living and nonliving things can you identify in this photograph?

  4. Let’s watch… • Biotic vs. Abiotic

  5. Living things depend on the environment. • Ecology is ... how organisms interact with their environment and all the other organisms that live in that environment. • An Ecosystem... describes a particular environment and all the living things that are supportedbyit.

  6. Biotic Factors Livingorganismsin anecosystem • ex. fish, microorganisms, plants, etc.

  7. Abiotic Factors • Non-living factors in an environment • Ex. Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide, water, oxygen

  8. Create the following Venn diagram in your notebook • Biotic Abiotic

  9. Biotic or Abiotic? • Whale • Clock • Water • Fish • Paper • Glass • Aluminum • Wooden Ruler • Sand • Clouds • Corpse • Snail • Steak

  10. List the biotic and abiotic factors in the following picture:

  11. All biotic and abiotic factors are interrelated. In nature, you will find that if one factor is changed or removed, it impacts the availability of other resources within the ecosystem.

  12. What might happen? • If all of the rocks ( ___ ) are removed from a desert ecosystem, what would happen to the population of rock dwelling lizards (___)? What would happen to the animals that eat the lizards?

  13. What might happen? • A ten mile area of trees ( ___ ) is removed from the tropical rainforest. How will this affect the amount of oxygen ( ___ ) in the ecosystem?

  14. A song to help you remember…

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