Identify and describe an ecosystem in or around your home. List all the biotic and abiotic factors interacting there and explain how you think they biotic and abiotic factors interacting there and explain how you think they affect each other.

Answer and Explanation:

The factors that make up the environment are classified into abiotic or non-living and biotic or living. The abiotic factors are further classified into those that act upon the organism through the atmosphere and those that act through the soil. The abiotic factors include water, temperature, light, salinity and oxygen availability. The biotic factors include predation, competition and parasitism.