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Learn about the differences between biotic and abiotic factors in an environment. Explore examples and how they interact with each other.
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Biotic vs Abiotic Factors Environment Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors
Biotic vs Abiotic Factors • Biotic = living (BIO = life) • Abiotic = nonliving Biotic factors are all of the living or once living things in an environment. Abiotic factors are all of the nonliving things in an environment.
Biotic or Abiotic? Biotic!
Biotic or Abiotic? Abiotic!
Biotic or Abiotic? Biotic!
Biotic or Abiotic? Abiotic!
Biotic or Abiotic? Abiotic!
Watch Planet Earth Clip While watching the movie, write down 3 biotic factors that you see and 3 abiotic factors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52RE2WXN4xA&feature=related
Think about all of the abiotic and biotic factors you might find in a pond… You have 15 seconds to write down as many as you can think of…
Biotic vs Abiotic Factors Environment Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors Animals, plants, people, birds Water, sunlight, soil, rocks, wind, temperature
Outside • We will go outside. List as many biotic and abiotic factors that you can come up with.
What were some of the living things, or biotic factors, that you listed?
What were some of the living things, or biotic factors, that you listed? • Trees and plants, birds, grass, bugs, people, dog
What were some of the living things, or biotic factors, that you listed? • Trees and plants, birds, grass, bugs, people, dog • What were some of the nonliving, or abiotic factors, that you listed?
What were some of the living things, or biotic factors, that you listed? • Trees and plants, birds, grass, bugs, people, dog • What were some of the nonliving, or abiotic factors, that you listed? • School building, light poles, houses, cars, street
Do biotic and abiotic factors affect each other? If there is no water…can anything grow or survive? If it is extremely cold one winter, will that affect whether an animal makes it?
Do biotic and abiotic factors affect each other? If there is no water…can anything grow or survive? No! If it is extremely cold one winter, will that affect whether an animal makes it? Yes! So, abiotic and biotic DO affect each other. Even though water and temperature aren”t living things, they DO affect living things!
Guided Practice Organize the following words into TWO lists, Abiotic and Biotic Factors: (work with your table team) Snake Rain Oxygen Clouds Mountain Sand Leaf Moss People Goldfish Wind Ph of soil Mud Sunlight Air Weather Tulip Bumblebee Raccoon Temperature Polar Bear Soil Earthworm Rocks Gold Minerals Salamander Moon Deer Volcanoes Lake Ice Fire Maple tree A cell Climate Raspberry bush Eagle Corn on the plant
Guided Practice Organize the following words into TWO lists, Abiotic and Biotic Factors: BioticAbiotic Sand Goldfish Moss Wind Clouds Polar Bear Leaf Ph of soil Sunlight Air Weather Bumblebee Salamander Tulip Oxygen Ice Mountain Raccoon Earthworm Soil Mud Rocks Mapletree Minerals Moon Deer People Temperature Corn on the plant Volcanoes Eagle Acell Lake Rain Raspberrybush Fire Snake Climate Gold
Exit Slip • What does biotic mean? • What is an example of a biotic factor in an environment? • What does abiotic mean? • What is an example of an abiotic factor in an environment? • Give an example of how an abiotic factor can affect a biotic factor.
