1. Biomes Biotic & Abiotic Factors Terrestrial Biomes Aquatic Biomes Biotic & Abiotic Factors Terrestrial Biomes Aquatic Biomes

3. Biome Biome: a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

4. Biotic & Abiotic Factors

5. Biotic Factors Biotic Factors: the biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem –Birds, Trees, Mushrooms, Bacteria Biotic Factors: the biological influences on organisms within an ecosystem –Birds, Trees, Mushrooms, Bacteria

6. Abiotic Factors Abiotic Factors: physical, or nonliving, factors that shape ecosystems –Climate (temperature, precipitation, humidity, etc.) –Wind, Nutrient Availability, Soil Type, Sunlight, etc. Abiotic Factors: physical, or nonliving, factors that shape ecosystems –Climate (temperature, precipitation, humidity, etc.) –Wind, Nutrient Availability, Soil Type, Sunlight, etc.

7. HawkPlants Insect s FishSnake Bacteria Sunligh t pH Temp Humidit y Acid Rain Soil Type

8. Together, biotic and abiotic factors determine the survival and growth of an organism and the productivity of the ecosystem in which the habitat lives.

9. Terrestrial Biomes

12. Coniferous Forest

13. Deciduous Forest

14. Tropical Forest

15. Desert

16. Savanna

17. Grassland

18. Tundra

19. Chaparral

21. Aquatic Biomes

23. Marine

24. Zonation

25. Estuaries

26. Intertidal Zone

27. Freshwater