Difference between Biotic and Abiotic factor
No. |
Biotic factor |
Abiotic factor |
1. | The living organisms in an ecosystem is called as Biotic factors. | The non-living, physical elements in an ecosystem is called as Abiotic factor. |
2. | Another living things affect living things directory or indirectly in the ecosystem. | The number of organisms, which are capable of existing in the environment is determined by the Abiotic factors. |
3. | Biotic factors have ability to adapt changes in the environment. | Abiotic factor can’t adapt to changes in the environment. |
4. | For the survival and reproduction, biotic factors depends on abiotic factors. | Abiotic factors are totally independent of biotic factors. |
5. | Biotic factors measurement is subjective. | Abiotic factors measurement is objective. |
6. | Biotic resources include animals, birds, forests and their products, marine resources like fish etc. | Abiotic resources include water, coal, oil and land. |
7. | Examples of biotic factors are animals, plants and microbes. | Examples of abiotic factors are water, temperature and sunlight. |
8. | Biotic factors include organism which interact with other organism in an ecosystem. | Abiotic factors include sunlight, water depth, turbidity, pH, salinity and dissolved oxygen. |