1. Lesson one What is the difference between biotics and abiotics?
Biotics Vs. Abiotics
Lesson one
What is the difference between biotics and abiotics?

2. Biotics vs. Abiotics Living things Non- living things Insects Sunlight
Biotics Abiotics
Living things Non- living things
Insects Sunlight
Birds air
Reptiles water (in any form)
Mammals kinetic energy (temperature)
amphibians soil type
Bacteria/viruses altitude
Humans Slope

3. Lesson two Sunlight and Kinetic Energy
Biotics Vs. Abiotics
Lesson two
Sunlight and Kinetic Energy

4. We will start with how Abiotics Affect Abiotics because these interactions determine or form the habitat that all living things call home.

5. Abiotics Affect Abiotics
Sunlight and kinetic energy.
Temperature is the measurement of average Kinetic energy of particles .

6. Abiotics Affect Abiotics
Sunlight and kinetic energy.
Pressure is the amount of force applied to and spread out over
A surface.

7. Air that has high kinetic energy.
The particles of warm or hot air move at such a high rate of
speed that they are spread out and take up a large
volume (amount of space). They are less densely packed
and so their mass/volume
is less dense.

8. Air that has low kinetic energy.
The particles of cool or cold air move at such a low rate of
speed that they are more attracted to each other and
take up less volume (space). They are less densely packed
and so their mass/volume is more dense.

9. More dense, cooler air is heavier than less dense, warmer air.

10. Lesson Three Land Breeze vs. Sea breeze
Biotics Vs. Abiotics
Lesson Three
Land Breeze vs. Sea breeze

11. Sea breeze Soil heats quickly during the day to a depth of 3 M
Soil looses its heat quickly at night.
Water heats up more slowly during the day to
A depth of only about 1M
water holds its heat longer during the night .

12. Land breeze Soil heats quickly during the day to a depth of 3 M
Soil looses its heat quickly at night.
Water heats up more slowly during the day to
A depth of only about 1M
water holds its heat longer during the night .

13. Warm air has the ability to hold more moisture than cool or cold air
Warm air has the ability to hold more moisture than cool or cold air. Draw a diagram that shows the direction of air motion when warm moist air meets cool, dry air. Don’t forget to label the parts of your diagram.

14. TOD Air Kinetic Energy The sun Land Breeze Sea Breeze
Of these abiotic factors, which one effects all of the others?

15. Lesson Four Relative Humidity
Biotics Vs. Abiotics
Lesson Four
Relative Humidity

16. What is Relative Humidity? How is it measured?
Your answer to these questions is your claim.
Find evidence to support your claim and cite your evidence.

17. Claim: Relative Humidity is…

18. The boxes below represent the same cubic
centimeter of volume of air at the same temperature. 80 80 80

19. The boxes below represent the same cubic
centimeter of volume of air at the same temperature.
80_____%
80_____%
80 _____%
A percentage of moisture has been added to each.
What percent of each volume do the water molecules take up?

20. The boxes below represent the different cubic
centimeter of volume of air due to differing amounts of kinetic energy (temperatures). 75 50 95
How does change in Kinetic energy (temperature) affect the amount of moisture in the air?

21. Biotics Vs. Abiotics
Lesson Five
Altitude

22. How does elevation affect sunlight?
Transition zone
7000 ft
6000 ft
4000 ft
Sonoran Desert Upper Sonoran
2000 ft
Phoenix 1000ft

23. How does elevation affect amount of moisture?
Transition zone
7000 ft
6000 ft
4000 ft
Sonoran Desert Upper Sonoran
2000 ft
Phoenix 1000ft

24. How does elevation affect temperature?
Transition zone
7000 ft
6000 ft
4000 ft
Sonoran Desert Upper Sonoran
2000 ft
Phoenix 1000ft

25. How does elevation affect soil nutrients?
Transition zone
7000 ft
6000 ft
4000 ft
Sonoran Desert Upper Sonoran
2000 ft
Phoenix 1000ft

26. How does elevation affect plant life?
Transition zone 7000 ft Mixed pine and broad leaf .
6000 ft Ponderosa Pine forest
Oak Pine forest 4000 ft
Sonoran Desert Upper Sonoran
scrub oak, chaparral
2000 ft
Phoenix 1000ft