Abiotic Environmental Factors
Key Stage 4
Meaning
Abiotic environmental factors are the conditions of a habitat that are not caused by other organisms.
About Abiotic Environmental Factors
Abiotic environmental factors can include:
- Drought
- Flooding
- High Temperatures
- Low Temperatures
- Amount of Sunlight
- Salt concentration in water and soil
Examples
- Drought is an abiotic factor which can cause plants to grow more slowly. This leads to the primary consumers dying from starvation when there is not enough food. This will briefly create more food for the secondary consumers but will then reduce when the population of primary consumers has decreased.
- Flooding is an abiotic factor which can drown animals which may reduce the number of primary consumers allowing more producers to grow, without being eaten, after the flooding.