Daily Bell Ringer 1. What is the difference between living and non-living?

•Breathing •Walking around

• Eating • Taking Energy from environment

•Dead • Not moving around • No breathing •Adding to the

environment.

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PowerPoint

Biotic and Abiotic Factorsin an Ecosystem

T. Robinson 7th Grade Life Science

Essential Question:

What is in an Ecosystem?

Word:

EcosystemDefinition: The living and non-living things that interact in an environment

Synonym: Environment

Why they’re similar:

Both refer to living and non-living things

Word:

BioticDefinition:

The living parts of an ecosystem

Synonym:

AliveWhy they’re similar:

Or were once alive

Word:

AbioticDefinition:

The non-living parts of an ecosystem

Synonym:

Non-livingWhy they’re similar:

Both refer to things that were never alive

Ecosystem

Biotic Factors

Abiotic Factors

For each picture…

• List the biotic and abiotic factors that you see in the following photos.

• Use the Cloze Notes from the handout on the blog.

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