BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS

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• examples of abiotic factors

• Every natural living thing.

• abiotic factors

• soil, oxygen, snow

• examples of biotic factors

• algae, lion, trees

• biotic factors

• Set of all living things on Earth and the interactions they establish between each other and their surroundings.

• biosphere

• Every natural non-living thing.

It covers the whole of Earth's surface, part of the atmosphere, the subsoil, and even the biggest depths in oceans.

Large areas of Earth that are distinguished mainly by their vegetation, climate, soil and relief.

They can affect our lives by giving us resources to live and things to eat.

It can affect biomes because it can help animals and plants live, since some animals and plants are made to live in hot or cold places.

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We can protect biomes by not ____ and not ____ them.

Events that occur naturally and disturb conditions in an ecosystem.

Phenomena that can bring about changes in ecosystems; these can be natural like a volcano eruption or caused by humans, like an oil spill.

Highly acidic liquid or solid (snow or hail) precipitation produced by air pollution.

The introduction of substances or potentially harmful elements into the environment, or that already exist in the environment but are released in great quantities.

These substances generate negative changes to the environment and cause harm.

Substances that generate negative changes to the environment and cause harm are so wide-ranging that even too much light is considered pollution that affects organisms.

• TRUE

• FALSE