Biotic vs Abiotic Factors

1. Biotic vs Abiotic Factors Environment Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors

2. Biotic vs Abiotic Factors • Biotic = living (BIO = life) • Abiotic = nonliving (A = without; so “without life”) Biotic factors are all of the living things in an environment. Abiotic factors are all of the nonliving things in an environment.

3. Outside • We will go outside. List as many biotic and abiotic factors that you can come up with.

4. What were some of the living things, or biotic factors, that you listed?

5. What were some of the living things, or biotic factors, that you listed? • Trees and plants, birds, grass, bugs, people, dog

6. 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?

7. 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

8. Biotic or Abiotic?

9. Biotic or Abiotic? Biotic!

10. Biotic or Abiotic?

11. Biotic or Abiotic? Abiotic!

12. Biotic or Abiotic?

13. Biotic or Abiotic? Biotic!

14. Biotic or Abiotic?

15. Biotic or Abiotic? Abiotic!

16. Biotic or Abiotic?

17. Biotic or Abiotic? Abiotic!

18. All organisms are what…biotic or abiotic?

19. All organisms are what…biotic or abiotic? Biotic!

20. What are all the biotic and abiotic things in this picture?

21. What are all the biotic and abiotic things in this picture?

22. 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…

23. Biotic vs Abiotic Factors Environment Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors Animals, plants, people, birds Water, sunlight, soil, rocks, wind, temperature

24. Do biotic and abiotic factors affect each other?

25. 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?

26. 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!

27. Guided Practice • Organize the following words into TWO lists, Abiotic and Biotic Factors: Snake Rain Sand Oxygen Clouds Mountain Leaf Moss People Goldfish Wind Mud Sunlight Ph of soil Air Weather Tulip Bumblebee Raccoon Temperature Polar Bear Soil Earthworm Rocks Minerals Gold Salamander Moon Deer Lake Volcanoes Ice Fire A cell Maple tree Climate Raspberry bush Corn on the plant Eagle

28. 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

29. 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.