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Map Your Neighborhood

Explore two or three blocks of your neighborhood. Sketch a map of the area’s biotic and abiotic features. While observing your neighborhood, take special note of the biotic/biotic and biotic/abiotic interactions. Map the location of sidewalks, large rocks, trees, water features, and any plants/animals that you see. First, define biotic and abiotic. First, sketch a rough draft. Then, using Google Earth as a resource, draw a final map. Lastly, use your map to answer the following questions. 

Background Information:

1. Define abiotic - _______________________________________________________________________

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2. Define biotic - ________________________________________________________________________

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3. Explain how the biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem affect each other.

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Rough Draft:

Map of My Neighborhood

Analysis Questions:

1. In general, explain how the abiotic and biotic factors within your neighborhood affect each other.

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2. Describe two specific examples of how biotic factors affect the abiotic factors in your neighborhood.

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3. Describe two specific examples of how abiotic factors affect the biotic factors in your neighborhood.

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4. Which abiotic factors within your neighborhood have the greatest effect on the biotic factors? Explain.

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5. Which biotic factors within your neighborhood have the greatest effect on the abiotic factors? Explain.

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Final Draft:

Map of My Neighborhood