Running head: Biotic Components Paper Biotic Component Paper University of Phoenix People‚ Science‚ and the Environment SCI/256 June 10‚ 2010 Biotic Component Paper In this paper I writer will conduct research on a natural ecosystem‚ such as preserves or parks within specific living area. This writer decided to research Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles California. The paper will include the following elements‚ such as the major structural and functional dynamics (process)
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Abiotic component abiotic components (also known as abiotic factors) are non-living chemical and physical factors in the environment‚ which affect ecosystems. Each abiotic component influences the number and variety of plants that grow in an ecosystem‚ which in turn has an influence on the variety of animals that live there. The four major abiotic components are: climate‚ parent material and soil‚ topography‚ and natural disturbances. From the viewpoint of biology‚ abiotic factors can be classified
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say living conditions I refer to climate changes and geography in the marine life. Nonliving and living organism interact with each other in many different components. When I was observing the river I saw how organisms have to have living and nonliving elements in order to have a survival of that specie for the reason it is a main component for their existences. As I was observing the characteristics of a river‚ I was able to observe how important nonliving and living things are to our environment
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Biotic and Abiotic Influences on Ecosystems Term Definition Abiotic Factor Non-living factor that affects and ecosystem Biotic Factor Living factor that affects an ecosystem Carrying Capacity Maximum amount of organisms an ecosystem can support Commensalism Relationship where one organism is benefitted while the other is unaffected Competition Relationship where the organisms compete for the same services of the environment Density Dependent Factor Factor that depends on the original
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In time immemorial living things (the biotic factors) and non-living things have been interacting with one another for one reason‚ which is to survive. Both factors interact in one grandiose community where-in all forms of ecosystems‚ such as: desert‚ savanna‚ tundra‚ tropical rain-forest‚ and the like; are deem to be found and this community is our planet earth. As found in many textbooks and other science oriented reading materials‚ the earth is also considered as an ecosystem as well because
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Factors affecting the role that the relationships between biotic and abiotic factors contribute to the relationship between foliage and ground coverBy Effie LucasIntroduction:A functioning ecosystem is totally reliant on the way in which factors such as biotic and abiotic interrelate and create a balance of living and non-living. Biotic factors are those features of the environments of organisms arising from the activities of the other living organisms‚ relating to‚ produced by‚ or caused by living
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Interaction between Abiotic and Biotic Components All living organisms depend upon their environment for survival essentials: 1) food 2) shelter 3) breeding site. In turn the organism interacts with the environment in several ways. For example a plant uses the environment for the three purposes named above but in turn it also removes carbon dioxide and water from the air‚ it gets eaten by an animal or a parasite and it depends on the soil for its support. Therefore the plant is interacting
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Biotic Components Paper Marisella Marengo University of Phoenix SCI/256 Susan Jensen June 28‚ 2010 Biotic Components Paper An ecosystem is simply the collection of biotic and abiotic components and processes that consist of and governs the behavior of some defined subset of the biosphere. Therefore‚ a biotic component is something that is or has lived. Although sometimes considered only as transitions zones between aquatic and terrestrial environments wetlands actually are true ecosystems
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Ecosystem Components and Interactions I. Introduction An ecosystem is a complex relationship between a community of organisms and the environment that they dwell in where energy is exchanged and transformed. Ecosystem includes the biotic (living organisms)‚ the abiotic (physical and chemical factors)‚ and the interactions made between these. They continually interact with each other‚ thus making complex systems with intersecting properties wherein “everything is connected”. In ecosystem ecology
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Assignment Type: Individual Project Deliverable Length: 2 page APA style research paper Points Possible: 125 Due Date: 3/28/2013 11:59:59 PM CT In this assignment‚ you will investigate the biotic and abiotic structure and function of an ecosystem. Choose one of the following ecosystems: Tropical rainforest Grassland Coral Reef Estuary Desert You will write a two to three page APA-style research paper about your choice of ecosystem including: Where might this type of ecosystem
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