| Abiotic - All of the non
living things in an ecosystem Biotic - All of the living things in an ecosystem Some Abiotic factors of an ecosystem are: Rocks, water, dirt, sand, twigs, etc. Some Biotic factors of an ecosystem are: Animals, trees, plants, insects, etc. The Abiotic factors of an ecosystem are very important to the ecosystem because they help all of the Biotic factors. Some examples are that water helps plants grow, and it also helps animals live. Rocks, sand, and twigs help biotic factors by giving them shelter, and the dirt helps give plants nutrients. Ecosystems also have limiting factors. Some of them are that if there are so many animals in an ecosystem, then the water, food, and shelter will go down, and if the number of animals kept on increasing, then there would not be enough food, shelter, and water to keep all of them alive. So then some of the animals would die, and some of them might just go find somewhere else to live. Diversity - The differences in species. Diversity is important in an ecosystem because, if there was no diversity in the animals, then there couldn't be a food chain or food web. If there was only one kind of animal in an ecosystem, then they wouldn't have anything to make a food web out of. All animals need adaptations to survive in the ecosystem that they live in. Plant also need adaptations to survive in there surroundings. Some adaptations that animals have are: Claws, teeth, fur, different digestive systems, and much more. An animal that is famous for it's claws is the feline family. especially the bobcat, the bobcat has very big feet with retractable claws, so when it pounces on it's prey, it can have a tight grip on it so it won't get away. An animal that is famous for it's teeth is the Mountain Lion. The Mountain Lion is a predator and a carnivore, so it hunts other animal, and it uses it's teeth to catch and eat it's prey. Symbiotic relationships between animals are: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Mutualism is when both of the organisms benefit from each other. Commensalism is when only one organism benefits and nothing at all happens to the other one. Parasitism is when one organisms benefits and the other one is harmed. An example of mutualism is when a clownfish goes to live in a sea anemone, and the clownfish benefits by getting shelter from the see anemone, and the sea anemone benefits by having the clownfish clean it. An example of Commensalism is when barnacles attach themselves to whales so they have a place to grow, and nothing happens to the whale, except that it has barnacles growing on it. An example of Parasitism is when a mosquito bites a human. The mosquito bites the human for our blood to feed it's children, but all we get is an itchy spot from the tiny amount of poison that they inject into us. |
