1. Abiotic & Biotic Factors

2. Living Things and The Environment
The environment is very important. It’s a combination of many things that work together to keep organisms alive and thriving.
Organisms get many things from their environment.
Food
Shelter
And other necessities to allow
them to live, grow and
reproduce.

3. Organisms and The Environment
An organisms interacts with both the living and nonliving parts of its habitat. The living parts of an environment are called biotic and the non living are called abiotic.

4. Biotic Factors
Biotic factors are all the parts of an environment that organisms interact with that are alive or once where alive.
Biotic factors are:
Any living organisms – dogs, cats, plants, seeds, birds, snails, bugs, leaves, worms…
Decomposing matter – dead leaves, dead animals, dead things….

5. Abiotic Factors
Abiotic factors are parts of the environment that are not alive but are important for an organisms survival.
Abiotic factors are:
Sunlight
Soil
Temperature
Oxygen
Water

6. Why are biotic and Abiotic Factors important to living organisms?
Biotic and abiotic factors are important to living things because without these factors organisms couldn’t survive. It includes food and shelter. Animals, plants, seeds.. The abiotic parts of an environment include things like the soil things grow in and the water they use to survive. Without biotic or abiotic factors living things would die.
Why are biotic and Abiotic Factors important to living organisms?

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