Forum 2.1 - Biotic or Abiotic?

2/10/2019

Central Question: What is a biome and what distinguishes one from another?

Guiding Thought Question: Are the biotic or abiotic characteristics of a particular biome more important when trying to understand and explain it? Provide an example to support your argument.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will evaluate the characteristics that can be used to identify a biome and their spatial organization around the world. Students will observe a representation of a biome to understand its defining characteristics and then conduct a map quest to better understand the spatial distribution of biomes

19 Comments

Teagan Vaughan

2/11/2019 08:13:13 am

Hey T!

Battreall

2/11/2019 08:13:16 am

hi T

2/11/2019 08:59:58 am

I thought I was done with you?

Erica Griffith

2/11/2019 08:55:41 am

The abiotic features are more important because they shape how the biotic creatures are going to evolve and adapt.

Anderson

2/11/2019 08:57:59 am

When trying to describe a biome generally most people would think of biotic features first. However I think the abiotic is more important because the life exists because of the abiotic and is adapted to the abiotic factors. Temperature, precipitation, latitude are all important when describing the biome.

tyler

2/11/2019 08:58:51 am

It is nearly impossible to chose whether abiotic or biotic characteristics of a biome is more important. The biotic characteristics of a biome can show the more current characteristics on how a biome may have changed over time it only really shows how it has changed throughout the creatures life.On the other hand, the abiotic characteristics can show how it has changed throughout time.

Ferro

2/11/2019 08:59:29 am

Biotic is more important because if the biome has something wrong with it then the animals will be sick or non existent, especially if the biome is filled with amphibians. The animals tell if the biome is good for other similar animals.

D&EN

2/11/2019 09:00:15 am

Abiotic because they affect which animals will be found in which biomes and how they adapt. ex: Climate, and precipitation

Haley E

2/11/2019 09:01:15 am

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Abiotic, it will effect all the life there. The position of the area, mountains, and rivers all are abiotic and shift the world

Myo Ka Zin Soe

2/11/2019 09:01:25 am

I think abiotic is important because they determine how the animals adapt and if they will be able to survive or not?

Ka Zin

2/11/2019 09:02:04 am

Ex: weather, temperature, mountains, e.t.c

Olivia Wagner

2/11/2019 09:01:57 am

The abiotic because the biotic factors are dependent on the types abiotic factors in a specific biome(temp, physical features, etc)

Katherine

2/11/2019 09:02:35 am

Biomes are defined by the life in them, so biotic characteristics might seem to be the most important. But abiotic characteristics define the type of biotic characteristics in a biome, and abiotic characteristics are more similar to each other across different biomes of the same type, so they seem to be more important to study.

abbs

2/11/2019 09:03:29 am

Yo so i feel like it'd be equally importatnt in a ecosystem because the abiotic would support the biotic and vice versa. The abiotic make up the area so biotic species can survive :) but one without the other i don't think would thrive like it would with both factors

grace bieber

2/11/2019 09:05:52 am

abiotic factors are more important, as it would explain the sustainable life in a certain biome. the abiotic factors are the basis of the identification of a biome; for example, you can’t classify a rainforest as a grassland ecosystem just because they have similar biotic features.

Pineapple

2/12/2019 12:14:34 pm

Abiotic factors are more important, because biotic factors depend on them.

Maddy Whynot

2/12/2019 12:19:53 pm

Both are equally important in order to understand a biome.

Swedish Wynot

2/12/2019 12:24:00 pm

Abiotic factors, because every aspect of one's environment is a major factor as to who can all live there. For example, large areas of water is a good indicator that there will be more aquatic creatures. There wouldn't be an aquatic creatures in a desert.

Panda ?

2/12/2019 12:31:04 pm

the abiotic factors are probably the important part of the biome because the animals are adapted to the biome and it helps people understand where they are if they have an understanding of the areas that each biome are in like with a rainforest you know the areas are closer to the equator and animals that can sustain the temperatures and different amounts of water supply

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