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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Competition of Abiotic and Biotic Factors

For Students 7th - 9th
This tutorial explores abiotic and biotic factors with videos and interactive activities.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Ryerson: Abiotic and Biotic Environments

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this ten question quiz on abiotic and biotic environments. The quiz is multiple choice.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Ecology: Abiotic Factor

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what an abiotic factor is, and discusses each of six types and their roles in ecosystems and habitats. (Published: July 31, 2010)
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Baltimore County Public Schools: Biomes: Now and When (Online Research Model)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Biomes lesson designed to answer the question, how do abiotic and biotic factors interact within a biome? integrates biological concepts with literacy knowledge and skills. Includes directed questions, assessment guides, project...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Biotic vs. Abiotic

For Students 9th - 10th
This NY Regents prep site provides a nice overview of what abiotic and biotic factors of an ecosystem are, as well as a brief description of carrying capacity.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Ocean Abiotic Factors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After looking at examples of biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems, students focus on abiotic factors in marine ecosystems, the physical processes that are involved, and the impact human activities can have on these. Includes handouts...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Biotic and Abiotic Factors

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a detailed lesson plan to help students grasp the concepts of biotic and abiotic. Background information is provided for the teacher and plans are given for two days.
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Abiotic Factors

For Students 6th - 8th
Abiotic components are the nonliving components of the biosphere. Chemical and geological factors, such as rocks and minerals, and physical factors, such as temperature and weather, are referred to as abiotic components.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Abiotic and Biotic Factors in an Ecosystem

For Students 7th - 9th
Do you know the difference between abiotic and biotic factors? This tutorial explores both these factors and their importance in the ecosystem.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Abiotic and Biotic Factors: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce abiotic and biotic factors, giving examples and comparing/contrasting the two. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Abiotic and Biotic Factors."
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn about Abiotic and Biotic Factors and how they affect the ecosystem in which an animal might live in.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Biotic or Abiotic? Living or Non Living?

For Students 9th - 10th
This fun quiz has you choose between different images to decide whether it is biotic or abiotic. It also gives examples through illustrations of abiotic and biotic things.
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University of the Western Cape: Department of Biodiversity: Abiotic Components

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Department of Biodiversity at UWC presents the impact different abiotic components on plants and animals. Some factors are light, temperature, and wind.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: The Effect of Environmental Factors on the Growth of Plants

For Students 6th - 9th
How do environmental factors affect the growth, development, and health of organisms? Students explore the effect of environmental factors on traits by investigating factors that affect the growth of plants.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Online: Abiotic Factors

For Students 6th - 8th
Take this 8 question check quiz on abiotic factors. The quiz is multiple choice.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Diving the Depths of Underwater Life

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial that explores how and why the distribution of aquatic life is affected by abiotic factors, such as light, temperature, and salinity.
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Climate Literacy

Clean: Temperature and Precipitation as Limiting Factors in Ecosystems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students correlate graphs of vegetation vigor with those of temperature and precipitation data for four diverse ecosystems, ranging from those near the equator to the poles, to determine which climatic factor is limiting growth.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Abiotic and Biotic Factors: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce abiotic and biotic factors, giving examples and comparing/contrasting the two. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Abiotic and Biotic Factors."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Abiotic and Biotic Factors: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce abiotic and biotic factors, giving examples and comparing/contrasting the two. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Abiotic and Biotic Factors."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Ecosystem

For Students 9th - 10th
A PowerPoint giving a basic definition of an ecosystem. Also explained with a definition and examples are abiotic and biotic factors of the ecosystem.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Canyonlands: Tonight Our Guest Is

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This instructional activity will help students understand that animals adapt to abiotic and biotic conditions in their environment, some of which have evolved over a long period of time through the process of natural selection, and...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Abiotic Factors [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A lesson plan in which students explore plant communities and observe different types of soil and weather conditions in an attempt to determine cause and effect relationships. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Biotic Factors [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A lesson plan in which young scholars explore plant communities and observe and classify different types of vegetation. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web links, a vocabulary glossary, and handouts.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Ocean Abiotic Factors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students define and provide examples of abiotic and biotic factors of different ecosystems. Then they investigate the importance of abiotic factors and physical processes within ocean ecosystems.

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