Lesson on Biotic and Abiotic

Factors
 What factors both
living and non living
will affect my life?

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 Factors affecting mouse
• Predators • Pathogens
• Food • Parasites
• Shelter • Clean Water
• Temperature
• Weather
• Competitors
Would the same factors affect this
flower?
 Factors Affecting Plant
• Predators • Pollinators
• Food • Soil
• Shelter • Nutrients
• Temperature • Wind
• Weather • Aspect
• Competitors • Daylight
 Keywords for today
• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Climatic
• Edaphic
At the end of today’s lesson you will be
able to

• Define biotic, abiotic, climatic and edaphic

• Give examples of each type of factor
 Classify the factors in the picture as
either biotic factors or abiotic factors
List the Biotic and Abiotic Factors in
the Image
 Decide if Factor is Biotic or Abiotic
Write A if Abiotic Write B if Biotic
_______ Mouse _______ Corpse
_______ Rocks _______ Snail
_______ Water _______ Vegetation
_______ Fish _______ Bread Mould
_______ Paper _______ Trees
_______ Glass _______ Soil
_______ Aluminum _______ Plastic
_______ Wooden Ruler _______ Pipe
_______ Sand _______ Air
_______ Clouds _______ Wind
 Biotic or Abiotic or Both?

 Fish  Dirt  Flower

 Chair  Dog  Dead animal
 Water  Worm  Wooden Table
 Train  Burger  Cotton Shirt
 Atom  Wheat  Sunlight
 Plastic  T.V.  Ice
 Insects  Broccoli  Hydrogen
 Wood  Pine Tree  Strawberries
 Sea Shell  Energy  Wind
Decide whether these items are Abiotic, Biotic, or can be argued to
be both, then place in the Venn diagram .

Abiotic Biotic
List the Biotic and Abiotic Factors in
the Image
 Abiotic Factors

• Climatic and Edaphic

• Climatic - factors that relate to the weather

• Edaphic – factors that relate to the soil
 What climatic factors could we
measure?
• Light Intensity
• Humidity
• Wind speed
• Temperature
• Aspect
• Slope
 What edaphic factors could we
measure?
• Soil pH
• Amount of water in soil
• Soil Temperature
• Soil Air
• Soil Texture
 Inquiry Approach
• Do humans always adversely affect biodiversity?

Rice fields versus Marsh

Is the weather in Ireland the same?

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The Deer Population

A field study was conducted to

observe a deer population in a
given region over time.
The deer were counted at different
intervals over a period of 40 years.
During this period of time both
ranching and hunting increased in
the study region.

A summary of the data is

presented in the table.
 Questions on Deer Population
• During which 10 year period did the greatest
increase in the deer population occur?
• State one possible action that could have been
used to help maintain a more stable population
of deer in the area.
• Identify an abiotic limiting factor for the deer
populations.
• Identify a biotic limiting factor for the deer
populations.
• List two problems an overpopulation of deer can
cause in the environment.
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors