Abiotic vs Biotic Factors
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6th - 8th Grade
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Barbara White
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Ecology Noun
[ee-kol-uh-jee]
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Ecology
The scientific study of organisms and their relationships with each other and their physical environment.
Example: This diagram shows how energy from the sun (an abiotic factor) flows through an ecosystem's living things, or biotic factors (plants, animals, and decomposers).
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Ecosystem Noun
[ee-koh-sis-tuhm]
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Ecosystem
A community of interacting organisms and their physical environment living together in a particular place.
Example: This chart separates parts of an ecosystem into two groups: biotic factors, which are all the living or once-living parts, and abiotic factors, which are the non-living parts.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Biotic Factor Noun
[bahy-ot-ik fak-ter]
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Biotic Factor
A living or once-living component of an ecosystem that affects other organisms within that environment.
Example: This image shows six different categories of living organisms—Archaea, Bacteria, Protists, Animals, Plants, and Fungi—which are all examples of biotic factors in an ecosystem.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Abiotic Factor Noun
[ey-bahy-ot-ik fak-ter]
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Abiotic Factor
A nonliving physical or chemical component of an ecosystem that influences living organisms and their functioning.
Example: This image uses the letters of the word 'ABIOTIC' to show examples of non-living factors, such as water, rock, sunlight, and temperature.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Organism Noun
[awr-guh-niz-uhm]
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Organism
An individual living being, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or single-celled life form.
Example: This image shows an amoeba, a single-celled living thing. An organism is any individual living being, which is a biotic (living) factor in an ecosystem.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Competition Noun
[kom-pi-tish-uhn]
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Competition
The struggle between organisms for the same limited resources, such as food, water, or territory.
Example: This image compares competition within a species (intraspecific) and between different species (interspecific) for resources like food, water, and mates, which are biotic interactions.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Predator Noun
[pred-uh-ter]
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Predator
An organism that naturally hunts and kills other organisms for its food supply in an ecosystem.
Example: A predator is a living (biotic) organism that hunts other living organisms for energy. In this food chain, the fox is a predator to the rabbit.
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