Day 1: IS IT ALIVE?

Which of two categories?

Alive or Not Alive
Thats the question!

At the end of todays

lesson you will be able to:

Define biotic, abiotic,

climatic and ecosystem.
Give examples of each
type of factor.

What factors both

living and non living
will affect my life?

3 minutes To
THINK PAIR
SHARE

Factors affecting mouse

Predators
Food
Shelter
Temperature
Weather
Competitors

Pathogens
Parasites
Clean Water

Would the same factors affect this

flower?

Factors Affecting Plant

Predators
Food
Shelter
Temperature
Weather
Competitors

Pollinators
Soil
Nutrients
Wind
Aspect
Daylight

Keywords for today

Biotic
Abiotic
Climatic
Ecosystem
Limiting Factors

BIG

FOR TODAY:

Usually, biotic members of an

ecosystem, together with their abiotic
factors depend on each other.
This means the absence of one
member or one abiotic factor can
affect all parties of the ecosystem.

What is an ECOSYSTEM?

An ecosystem includes all of

the living things in a given area,
interacting with each other, and
also with their non-living
environment.

What is an ABIOTIC factor?

Abiotic factors are non-living parts
of the ecosystem including
weather, earth, sun, soil, climate,
and atmosphere.

What is a BIOTIC factor?

A biotic factor is a living thing such
as plants, animals and organisms in
a given area.

What is a CLIMATIC factor?

Climatic - ABIOTIC factors that relate to the
weather.
There are also ABIOTIC factors that relate to
soil.

What climatic factors

could we measure?

Light Intensity (strength)

Humidity
Wind speed
Temperature
Rainfall

What are limiting factors?

Both abiotic and biotic factors determine both
where an organism can live and how much a
population can grow.
A limiting factor is a factor that restricts
(keeps small) the size of a population from
reaching its full potential.

Biotic or Abiotic?

The plants are alive.

RIGHT! ITS BIOTIC

Biotic or Abiotic?

Its not alive. It may make life possible, but the Sun is not living.
Therefore, its

abiotic.

THE SUN IS ABIOTIC!

How many biotic and abiotic things can

you find in this picture?

How do abiotic and

biotic factors make an
ecosystem? 5:30

Abiotic and Biotic

Factors and
Interactions 2:39

Abiotic and Biotic Song

3:45

How can I remember the difference

between ABIOTIC and BIOTIC? 1:20

How CAN I Place items in

categories of ABIOTIC and BIOTIC?
EXAMPLES: carpet, home, mother, television,
father, dog, lamp

Ecosystem: HOME
Biotic Factors: mother, father, dog
Abiotic Factors: carpet, lamp and television

PRACTICE

How CAN I Place items in

categories of ABIOTIC and BIOTIC?
EXAMPLES: lake, fish, boat, plants, sunlight

Ecosystem:
Biotic Factors:
Abiotic Factors:

How CAN I Place items in categories

of ABIOTIC and BIOTIC?
EXAMPLES: stadium, bleachers, fans, umpires,
players, scoreboard, equipment

Ecosystem:
Biotic Factors:
Abiotic Factors:

How CAN I Place items in categories

of ABIOTIC and BIOTIC?
EXAMPLES: classroom, students, eraser, windows,
markers, paper, teacher

Ecosystem:
Biotic Factors:
Abiotic Factors:

Decide if Factor is Biotic or Abiotic

Write a capital A if ABIOTIC.
Write a capital B if BIOTIC.

_______ Mouse
_______ Rocks
_______ Water
_______ Fish
_______ Paper
_______ Glass
_______ Aluminum
_______ Wooden Ruler
_______ Sand
_______ Clouds

_______ Corpse
_______ Snail
_______ Vegetation
_______ Bread Mold
_______ Trees
_______ Soil
_______ Plastic
_______ Pipe
_______ Air
_______ Wind

List the Biotic and Abiotic

Factors in the Image

INTERACTIVE JOURNAL PAGE

Classify the factors in the picture as either ABIOTIC factors or BIOTIC factors. Color
the words for ABIOTIC factors blue. Color the words for BIOTIC features red.

INTERACTIVE JOURNAL TASK:

Use the list of factors.

Create a VENN DIAGRAM to

explain how you would classify
each factor as BIOTIC or ABIOTIC.

Biotic or Abiotic or Both?

Place the following items in a VENN DIAGRAM.

Fish
Chair
Water
Train
Atom
Plastic
Insects
Wood
Sea Shell

Dirt
Dog
Worm
Burger
Wheat
T.V.
Broccoli
Pine Tree
Energy

Flower
Dead animal
Wooden Table
Cotton Shirt
Sunlight
Ice
Hydrogen
Strawberries
Wind

ECOSYSTEM FACTORS

Abiotic

Biotic

What are limiting factors?

Light (exposure to light can change climate & growth of plants)

Heat (will determine the weather/climate of an ecosystem)
Mechanical Support (any features (i.e waterfalls, valleys, hills) which can either
facilitate or inhibit a species survival
Organic Matter (this will determine soil nutrition and therefore plant growth)
Nutrients (Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon, Phosphorous etc.) are essential stability of
an ecosystem
Water/ Air (Water and Air quality will play a drastic role in the survivable of a
species; streams, rainfall etc.)
Predation (Predators will limit the growth of the population as well as human
pouching)
Competition (Competition within the species and with other species for food,
water, mates will limit further growth)
Geographical Space (If the species can only survive within a given ecosystem, the
size of that ecosystem will prevent further population increases)

POD PROJECT
Work with your pod members to solve the
question problems.
Create a GOOGLE SLIDE presentation.
Copy each of the questions on a separate
slide.
Answer each of the questions.
Use media of your choice to explain your
answers.

POD PROJECT:
HOW DO LIMITING FACTORS
AFFECT A POPULATION OF DEER?

What are limiting factors of

Terrestrial Ecosystems?
Most terrestrial plant species are limited by a
combination of temperature, precipitation and
light.
For example, black spruce requires regions with
long, cold winters and moderate precipitations.
Temperature and Precipitation are often the
primary determinants of terrestrial biomes such
as plant growth because of water loss and gain.

What are limiting factors of an

Aquatic Ecosystems?

Most aquatic ecosystems are limited by salt concentration

and the availability of sunlight, oxygen and nutrients.
For example The Dead Sea is dead" because the salinity is
so high and nothing can grow in it.
Oxygen concentration is near the surface of the water as
that is where most plants are found since the sunlight can
only penetrate a certain distance into the water.
Shallow water can sustain plants that can root to the
bottom soil while in deep water only dissolved nutrients
are available.
Human activity has a large effect on both these types of
ecosystems; excessively fishing and pollution can drastically
affect the salinity and oxygen content of these habits.

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.

REVIEW QUESTION STEMS

I can show my understanding of

ABIOTIC and BIOTIC factors in an
ecosystem.

How do the biotic and abiotic

components of an ecosystem
interact?

What does biotic mean?

What does abiotic means?

What are the biotic and abiotic

components of an ecosystem?

What are limiting factors?

How do limiting factors affect the

biotic components of an
ecosystem?