Name Justin Sotelo_____________________
Hour:_6__________________
Abiotic vs Biotic Factors
What is the definition of an abotic factor?
__Non-living condition or thing_
What is the definition of a biotic factor?
_____Living component__
Enter the items from the following list into a Venn diagram.
In the center place what contains both biotic and abiotic factors.
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Whale
Mushroom
Water
Desert
Paper
Glass
Temperature
Coral
Sand
Mushroom
Water
Paper
Glass
Temperature
Sand
Clouds
Mold
Hair
Rocks
Dirt
oxygen
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Clouds
Snail
Steak
Athletes Foot
Salad
Mold
Grass
Hair
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Steak
Salad
Hair
Gold
Grapes
tundra
Ocean
Tree
Rocks
Dirt
Gold
Plastic
Grapes
Oxygen
Tundra
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Whale
Coral
Snail
Athletes foot
Grass
Ocean
Tree
Comprehending…
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.
1. 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 which eat them. __The lizards would die off,
because their resource is gone.__
2. 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?
_It will affect it tremendously and all the animals will lose their resources_________
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Choose an ecosystem to draw. In your drawing include the following:
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10 different biotic factors
5 different abiotic factors
2. 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!
 Be creative!
Fish;
Mosquito; biotic
Water; biotic
biotic
Eagle; biotic
Deer;
biotic
Raccoon; biotic
Ladybug; biotic
Turtles;
biotic
Further Analysis:
Which ecosystem did you choose?___pond with animals________________
Choose one abiotic factor and one biotic factor from your ecosystem. Imagine that they were suddenly
removed. How would your ecosystem change?
___it would effect and destroy everything because without water and the elephants they will die. Without
the deers the insects wont have anything to feed off
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