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Abiotic factors

Biology (Separate Science) · GCSE · AQA · AQA GCSE Biology - Foundation (8461) · Specification point · 4.7.1.2 · Ecology · Adaptations, interdependence and competition

Abiotic factors in communities

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4.7.1.2 Abiotic factors

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$Students should be able to explain how a change in an abiotic factor would affect a given community given appropriate data or context. Abiotic (non-living) factors which can affect a community are: light intensity temperature moisture levels soil pH and mineral content wind intensity and direction carbon dioxide levels for plants oxygen levels for aquatic animals.$	$WS 1.2$
$Students should be able to extract and interpret information from charts, graphs and tables relating to the effect of abiotic factors on organisms within a community.$	$MS 2c, 4a Extract and interpret information from charts, graphs and tables.$