Compare the biotic Abiotic factors are factor that are nonliving

characteristics of aquatic and components of an ecosystem such as

terrestrial environments temperature, rainfall, landscape position, light
availability, ph/acidity, salinity and soil type.
Abiotic Aquatic In Terrestrial
characteristic environment environment
availability of have no s there is an
Oxygen oxygen abundance
because it of oxygen
dissolves
along with
other gases
Abiotic Only small Large
characteristic temperature variations in
temperature changes temperature
variations occur. can occur

Abiotic Water Light is

characteristic surfaces highly
Light reflect up to available and
availability 55% of light abundant.
reaching
depths of 1m
Identify the factors determining or more.
the distribution and abundance Only 1% of
of a species in each light reaches
environment depths of
100m or
more
Abiotic Water is Water is not
characteristic abundant freely
s available.
Rainfall
Buoyancy Water Air provides
provides very little
much more support
support than
air
Viscosity Water is a Air is less
resistor for viscous than
the motion of water. Air
fish. has no
resistance
for an
organism to
move
through.

When an ecosystem is barren an

unoccupied new organisms colonising
ons