Critical Thinking Questions:
1. What are the biotic components of the ecosystem which you collected along
the way out of the maze?
2. How would you differentiate biotic from abiotic components of the ecosystem?
3. In your own words, how would you describe the biotic component of the
ecosystem?
4. Can you name at three more examples of the biotic component of the
ecosystem?
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1. Biotic describes a living component of an ecosystem; for example organisms, such as plants and animals. Examples Water, light, wind, soil, humidity, minerals, gases. All living things — autotrophs and heterotrophs — plants, animals, fungi, bacteria.
2. The difference between Abiotic and Biotic is that biotic are organisms that are alive or that were once alive. Abiotic are the non living organisms in the environment. ... Is made up of all the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species.
3. Biotic components, or biotic factors, can be described as any living component that affects another organism or shapes the ecosystem. This includes both animals that consume other organisms within their ecosystem, and the organism that is being consumed.
4. Water, light, wind, soil, humidity, minerals, gases.