Biotic vs Abiotic Factors

Environment

Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors

 Biotic vs Abiotic Factors
Biotic = living (BIO = life)
Abiotic = nonliving (A = without)
Biotic factors are all of the living things in an
environment.

Abiotic factors are all of the nonliving things

in an environment.
 Outside
Go outside. List as many biotic and abiotic
factors that you can come up with.
What were some of the living things, or
biotic factors, that you listed?
What were some of the living things, or
biotic factors, that you listed?
Trees and plants, birds, grass, bugs, people, dog
What were some of the living things, or
biotic factors, that you listed?
Trees and plants, birds, grass, bugs, people, dog

What were some of the nonliving, or

abiotic factors, that you listed?
What were some of the living things, or
biotic factors, that you listed?
Trees and plants, birds, grass, bugs, people, dog

What were some of the nonliving, or

abiotic factors, that you listed?
School building, light poles, houses, cars, street
Biotic or Abiotic?
Biotic or Abiotic?

Biotic!
Biotic or Abiotic?
Biotic or Abiotic?

Abiotic!
Biotic or Abiotic?
Biotic or Abiotic?

Biotic!
Biotic or Abiotic?
Biotic or Abiotic?

Abiotic!
Biotic or Abiotic?
Biotic or Abiotic?

Abiotic!
All organisms are what…
biotic or abiotic?
All organisms are what…
biotic or abiotic?

Biotic!
 What are all the biotic and
abiotic things in this picture?
 What are all the biotic and
abiotic things in this picture?
 Watch Planet Earth Clip

While watching the movie,

write down 3 biotic factors
that you see and 3 abiotic
factors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52RE2W
XN4xA&feature=related
Think about all of the abiotic and biotic
factors you might find in a pond…

You have 15 seconds to write down as

many as you can think of…
 Biotic vs Abiotic Factors

Environment

Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors

Animals, plants, people, birds Water, sunlight, soil, rocks,

wind, temperature
Do biotic and abiotic factors
affect each other?
 Do biotic and abiotic factors
affect each other?

If there is no water…can anything grow or survive?

If it is extremely cold one winter, will that affect

whether an animal makes it?
 Do biotic and abiotic factors
affect each other?
If there is no water…can anything grow or survive?
No!
If it is extremely cold one winter, will that affect
whether an animal makes it?
No!

So, abiotic and biotic DO affect each other. Even

though water and temperature aren’t living
things, they DO affect living things!
 Guided Practice
Organize the following words into TWO lists, Abiotic and
Biotic Factors:
Snake
Rain Oxygen
Clouds Mountain Sand
Moss Leaf People
Goldfish
Wind
Ph of soil Mud Sunlight
Air Weather
Tulip
Bumblebee Raccoon Temperature Polar Bear
Soil Earthworm
Rocks
Gold Minerals
Salamander Moon
Deer
Volcanoes Lake
Ice Fire

A cell Maple tree

Climate Raspberry bush
Corn on Eagle
the plant
 Guided Practice
Organize the following words into TWO lists, Abiotic and
Biotic Factors:

Biotic Abiotic Sand

Goldfish Moss Wind Clouds
Polar Bear Leaf Ph of soil
Sunlight
Air Weather
Bumblebee Tulip Salamander
Oxygen
Mountain Ice
Earthworm Raccoon
Mud Soil
Rocks
Maple tree Minerals Moon
Deer
People
Corn on Temperature Volcanoes
Eagle A cell
the plant Lake Rain
Raspberry bush Fire
Snake Climate
Gold
 Independent Practice
Tell me a story of about how abiotic and biotic
factors play a role in your life.

For example, “Everyday morning I wake up and brush my

teeth with toothpaste. Then I say hi to my mom and eat a
bowl of cereal. I change my clothes, feed the dog, and
walk outside to catch the bus. Sometimes I hear birds
chirping on the way.”
Abiotic factors: toothpaste, cereal, bus
Biotic Factors: My mom, my dog, birds

You need to include at least 3 abiotic factors and 3

biotic factors and list them or draw them at the
end.
 Exit Slip
1. What does biotic mean?
2. What is an example of a biotic factor
in an environment?
3. What does abiotic mean?
4. What is an example of an abiotic
factor in an environment?
5. Give an example of how an abiotic
factor can affect a biotic factor.