1. Abiotic vs. Biotic

2. Abiotic = nonliving Biotic = living

3. Biotic or Abiotic

13. The Answers

14. Water Abiotic

15. Moss Biotic

16. Black Mold Biotic

17. Cloud Abiotic

18. Dirt or Soil Abiotic

19. Athlete Foot (Fungus) Biotic

20. Sun Abiotic

21. Thrush (Fungus) Biotic

22. Bacteria (Strep) Biotic

23. Rocks Abiotic

24. Abiotic Factors Examples are the sun, soil, wind, water, rocks, and viruses.

25. Biotic Factors Anything that is living Examples are ALL animals, plants, bacteria, fungi, protists

26. Heterotroph vs. Autotroph

27. Autotroph = producers Make their own food 2 ways of making their own food 1.Photosynthesis- use sunlight to make carbohydrates 2.Chemosynthesis- uses chemicals to make carbohydrates

28. Heterotroph= Consumers Must obtain food (carbohydrates) from other organisms 5 types

29. Omnivore Eat both plant and meat Examples: humans, bears, raccoon, and fox

30. Carnivore Eat only meat Examples: Lion, tigers, owls, jellyfish, snakes, sharks

31. Herbivore Eat only plants Examples: deer, zebra, giraffe, cow, elephant, sheep

32. Detritivore Eat dead things (scavenger) Examples: crows, flies, coyotes, hyenas

33. Decomposer Feed on dead things and break them down into organic matter Examples: earthworms, fungi, bacteria

34. Ecological levels of organization Species (Organism) Population Community Ecosystem Biomes Biosphere

35. Species (organism) Individuals that can interbreed and have fertile offspring

36. Population Organisms of the same species living in a certain area

37. Community Several populations living in the same area

38. Ecosystem Several communities along with the abiotic factors

39. Biome Several ecosystems in a given region

40. Biosphere All of the biomes on Earth The whole world