Biotic & Abiotic Sort

Vocabulary Match the definition with the term. ecosystem biotic and abiotic factors interacting with each other biotic living organisms in an environment abiotic nonliving factors of an environment habitat the place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs to live or survive Place the following items in the correct column Biotic plants fish bacteria Producers Consumers Parasites Decomposers Predators Fungi insects Abiotic water sunlight temperature rocks soil Dissolved oxygen levels Soil pH River Nutrient levels of soil Pollution concentrations Both Cave Mountain Forest Meadow Flower garden Desert Pond Ocean Rainforest Wetland Digram Label if it is abiotic or biotic. biotic biotic biotic abiotic biotic abiotic abiotic Do the abiotic and biotic factors within an ecosystem interact with each other? yes no For the Following Questions: 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 system. Knowing this, give an example of what might happen given the following situations. In the open space place either an (A) for abiotic or (B) for biotic to identify the bolded object. Then answer the question. All of the rocks (A) are removed from a desert ecosystem. What would happen to the population of rock dwelling lizards (B) and in turn the animals that eat them. All of the rocks are removed from a desert ecosystem. What would happen to the population of rock dwelling lizards and in turn the animals that eat them? A ten-mile area of trees (B) is removed from the tropical rainforest. How will this affect the amount of water (A) and the amount of oxygen (A) in the area? A ten-mile area of trees is removed from the tropical rainforest. How will this affect the amount of water and the amount of oxygen in the area? Choose an ecosystem to draw. In your drawing include the following: 10 different biotic factors and 5 different abiotic factors. Identify all 15 factors and label whether they are biotic or abiotic factors. Your picture should make sense. (Ex. There shouldn’t be a polar bear in a sand desert!)