SNC1D
Mr. Spacie
Date: ______________
ABIOTIC vs. BIOTIC FACTORS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Abiotic Factors:
Living things interact with each other and with
their environment:
the study of these interactions
is termed ecology.
Scientists define an
______________ as all of the living organisms that
share a region and interact with each other and
their non-living components.
The
__________________ or limiting factors which affect
the distribution and success of organisms include:
light, _________________, _______________,
________________, ________________,
________________.
These factors do not operate
independently of each other.
Biotic Factors:
The second set of factors that influence the
success of organisms such as insects, bears, and
micro-organisms are called Biotic Factors.
Biotic
Factors include all ______________,
_______________, and their _______________________.
These factors are/were all _______________ at some
point.
Some materials are not easy to classify, they may
start out as biotic but end up as abiotic.
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Mr. Spacie
Question:
Date: ______________
Which physical factors influence each of
the following?
a.
Hibernation:
b.
Growing
d.
Fish:
oranges:
c.
Desert Formation:
Fill in the following table using pg 34 in your
textbook:
Ecosystem
Coniferous
Forest
Coral Reef
Beaver Pond
Characteristic
Abiotic Features
Characteristic
Biotic Features
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Mr. Spacie
Rotting Log
Date: ______________