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• Abiotic Factors ­­ Non­living features of the environment.> Examples ­ rocks, water, rain, clouds, 

sun, air, lightning.• Biotic Factors ­­ living or formerly living 

parts of the environment.> Examples:  anything from the six 

kingdoms.

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6 Levels of Environmental Organization• Organism ­­ any living thing

• Population ­­ all members of the same species

• Community ­­ all populations of all species living in an area.

• Ecosystem ­­ all biotic and abiotic factors working together.

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• Biome ­­ a community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in

• Biosphere ­­ parts of the Earth that support life> Examples:  hydrosphere, atmosphere, 

lithosphere. 

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