Notes: Biotic &

Abiotic Factors
 A. Ecology

• The study of interactions

between organisms and
their environment.
 B. Ecosystem

• The living and the nonliving

things in an area.
 C. Habitat

• The place where an

organism lives and provides
the needs for that
organism.
 D. Abiotic Factors

• The nonliving factors that

effect living things.
• 1. Water - all life
processes depend on water.
• 2. Soil - determines the
types of plants that can
live in a certain location.
• 3. Sunlight - provides
energy for all living things.
• 4. Temperature -
determines the organisms
that can live there.
• 5. Oxygen - most living
things require it to live.
 E. Biotic Factors
• The living things in the
environment. Ex: plants
and animals.
F. Levels of
Organization
1. Organism
 2. Population
• All the members of one
species that lives in the
same place at the same
time.
 3. Community
• All of the populations of
different species that live
in the same place (all biotic
factors).
 4. Ecosystem
• All of the biotic and abiotic
factors in a particular area.
 5. Biosphere
• All of the ecosystems on
Earth where life is found
(crust, water, and
atmosphere).