Biotic & Abiotic Factors Terrestrial Biomes Aquatic Biomes
Biome Biome: a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities
Biotic & Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors Biotic Factors: the biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem Birds, Trees, Mushrooms, Bacteria
Abiotic Factors Abiotic Factors: physical, or nonliving, factors that shape ecosystems Climate (temperature, precipitation, humidity, etc.) Wind, Nutrient Availability, Soil Type, Sunlight, etc.
Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors Hawk Plants Insects Fish Snake Sunlight Bacteria Sunlight pH Temp Humidity Acid Rain Soil Type Abiotic Factors
Together, biotic and abiotic factors determine the survival and growth of an organism and the productivity of the ecosystem in which the habitat lives.
Terrestrial Biomes
Coniferous Forest
Deciduous Forest
Tropical Forest
Desert
Savanna
Grassland
Tundra
Chaparral
Aquatic Biomes
Marine
Zonation
Estuaries
Intertidal Zone
Freshwater