What is Biotic and Abiotic Factors?
Biotic, meaning of or related to life, are living factors.
Plants, animals, fungi, protist and bacteria are all biotic or living
factors.
Abiotic, meaning not alive, are nonliving factors
that affect living organisms. Environmental factors such habitat (pond, lake,
ocean, desert, mountain) or weather such as temperature, cloud cover, rain,
snow, hurricanes, etc. are abiotic factors.
Biotic, meaning of or related to life, are living factors.
Plants, animals, fungi, protist and bacteria are all biotic or living
factors.
Abiotic, meaning not alive, are nonliving factors
that affect living organisms. Environmental factors such habitat (pond, lake,
ocean, desert, mountain) or weather such as temperature, cloud cover, rain,
snow, hurricanes, etc. are abiotic factors.
Below you see a picture of Fungi, which is
a Biotic Factor, which is alive. Yes, Fungi is
alive!!! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuzzy_Fungi_(Schizophyllum_commune).jpg
a Biotic Factor, which is alive. Yes, Fungi is
alive!!! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuzzy_Fungi_(Schizophyllum_commune).jpg