Climatograms CHAPARRAL- Santa Monica‚ Cali Biotic and Abiotic Factors Unique Characteristics Blue Oak Coyote Bush Cactus Wren Grey Fox Wild Goat hot and dry flat plains‚ rocky hills‚ or mountain slopes fires and drought are common mild winters mostly coastal areas TROPICAL DESERT- Aden‚ Aden Biotic and Abiotic Factors Unique Characteristics Barrel Cactus Brittle Bush Bobcat Cactus Wren Coyote hot and dry snows in the winter average rainfall is about 15 cm a
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Ecosystem I. Introduction 1. Meaning of Ecosystem 2. Importance of Ecosystem II. Components of an Ecosystem 1. Biotic Components 1.1 Producers 1.2 Composers 1.2.1 Primary Consumer 1.2.2 Secondary Consumer 1.2.3 Tertiary Consumer 1.3 Decomposers 2. Abiotic Components 2.1 Sunlight 2.2 Water 2.3 Temperature 2.4 Wind 2.5 Atmospheric Gases 2.6 Soil 2.7 Periodic Disturbance III. Conclusion ECOSYSTEM I. Introduction 1. Meaning of Ecosystem Everything in the
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no salt and provide a majority of the Earths’ drinking water‚ with little alterations. Freshwater ecosystems are aquatic systems that include both abiotic and biotic components. Abiotic components are the non-living chemical and physical factors in the environment including; radiation‚ temperature‚ water‚ atmospheric gases‚ and soil. Biotic components include all of the living elements of a community (Simon‚ Reece‚ and Dickey‚ 2010). Motor oil is a contaminant that affects many freshwater
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levels. Limiting factors is the third ecological concept. Limiting factors limit populations from growing any larger than they already are. There are two types of limiting factors Abiotic and biotic. Abiotic factors are nonliving components that affect living organisms and biotic factors are living components. For example 50 foxes can live in an environment that has enough food‚ water‚ and space for 60 foxes‚ but no more than 60 foxes could live there. Lastly‚ carrying capacity
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people who live there. Knowing these watershed structural and functional characteristics and how people can affect them sets the stage for effective watershed management. After completing this training‚ the participant should know the basic biotic and abiotic components of watersheds‚ the basic natural processes and interrelationships occurring in watersheds‚ and how watershed structure and functions may vary in time and space. Some background in the life sciences is helpful for comprehending this material
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ecology is more than just the understanding of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment; it also has social‚ political‚ economic and technological dimensions. Ecology is also the branch of biology that draws all of the other components together. It demands a synthesis of physiology‚ anatomy‚ morphology‚ genetics and other aspects of biology that have been studied in detail as separate entities throughout your first year course. Although ecology retains an analytical approach of
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the earth; list the conditions‚ which make the earth a unique planet for supporting life; describe the sequence of steps in the origin and evolution of life prior to the appearance of humans; explain the term environment; enumerate the various biotic and abiotic constituents of the environment. 1.1 EARTH AS PART OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM Our earth‚ with all its diversity alongwith other planets and their satellites‚ the sun‚ the moon‚ the many galaxies (huge groups of millions of stars)
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environment. As the seasons change‚ the temperature and climate affect the biotic and abiotic factors. Biotic factors are the living organisms that are affected by abiotic factors. Abiotic factors are the non-living or physical factor that directly affects the living organisms. Etosha displays all type of biotic and abiotic factors as the seasons change and the rainy seasons come again to start the cycle again. A biotic factor is the predator and prey relationship. Etosha displays this through many
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Exercise 1: The Organism and Its Environment GUIDE QUESTIONS 1. a. In the first part of the exercise conducted‚ the abiotic factors influencing the forest and the grassland community were measured. Despite the two sites being in close range of each other‚ they have significant differences that set them apart from each other. Table 1.1 shows the comparison between the two communities. The four factors measured were air temperature‚ soil temperature‚ light intensity‚ and relative humidity
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extinction of plants/animals‚ and much much more. The difference between biotic and abiotic factors in an animal’s habitat is that the biotic factors are living or have lived while the abiotic factors are not living‚ will not live‚ and never have. Mostly the abiotic factors would change the most in an animal’s habitat because they’re usually manmade and put there for a reason‚ which is not always environmentally friendly. The biotic factors may do little to no damage though considering one of the only
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