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Biotic Factors in the Ocean and Adaptations of Marine Life. By Katie Wallace and Trevor Tenass. What does biotic mean?. Biotic Components. A biotic component is any living thing in an ecosystem. Producers, consumers, and decomposers are all biotic components. What is a Biotic Factor?.
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Biotic Factors in the Ocean and Adaptations of Marine Life By Katie Wallace and Trevor Tenass
Biotic Components • A biotic component is any living thing in an ecosystem. • Producers, consumers, and decomposers are all biotic components.
What is a Biotic Factor? • Biotic factors are created by the living organisms in an ecosystem • It is the result of the activities of all the living components in an ecosystem. • They effect the life of other organisms. • An example would be an animal eating its prey. The predator killed the prey, so it affected the life of the animal: its dead.
Biotic Factors vs. Abiotic Factors