Biotic Factors

Question 1

What is a Biotic factor?

Answer 1

A living organisms that shape the environment

Question 2

Examples of Biotic Factors (at least 5)

Answer 2

Fungi, bacteria, Archaea, Animals, Plants, Protists, viruses, dead organism/waste, competitors for food, Availability of breeding partners

Question 3

Affects of Biotic factors on the ecosystem?

Answer 3

• The arrival of new predators will disrupt numbers of prey and other organisms
• When new species are introduced, they can outcompete a native species for food
• New species also bring in new pathogens that cause disease and harm the existing species

Question 4

What is Competition in Biotic relationships?

Answer 4

When organisms try to obtain the same resources which may only exists in limited amounts

Question 5

IntErspecific Competition?

Answer 5

Between different species (Leopard, Lion)

Question 6

IntrAspecific competition

Answer 6

Within the same species (2 bears fighting for fish)

Question 7

What is predation?

Answer 7

• Predation is a feeding relationship when one organism (predator) consumes another (prey)
• Involves the transfer of energy from one living thing to another
• The lower an organism is on the food chain in an ecosystem, the greater the population must be

Question 8

What is an Abiotic Factor?

Answer 8

Non living factors physical factors, did not come from living organisms

Question 9

Examples of Abiotic factors? (At least 5)\

Answer 9

Air, Soil, temperature, light, water, minerals, humidity

Question 10

What is Symbiosis?

Answer 10

Symbiosis is the interaction between 2 different organisms living together, at least 1 organism willing to benefit form the symbiotic relationship