Abiotic Factors

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List the abiotic factors

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Viscosity
Buoyancy
Temperature variation
Conduction of heat
Ability of gases
Diffusion of gases
Availability of ions
Light variation
Pressure variation

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Viscosity on terrestrial environments

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Easier for animals to move through air then water

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Aquatic environment

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They usually have a streamline shape to assist them moving through water

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Buoyancy on terrestrial environments

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Air offers some buoyancy , adaptations such as wings are needed to make use of this

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Buoyancy on Aquatic environments

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Water is more buoyant then air, water not only hold the organism up bit can also assist in maintains their shape (jellyfish)

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Temperature variation on aquatic environment

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Temperature of water does not experience much variation even in small amounts of water. Small changes can have massive consequences , an advantage however is that it is easier to adapt to a constant environment therefore more conductive to life

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Temperature variation on terrestrial

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Huge variations are common, in a day variations may be between 15-20 degrees, far greater fluctuations occur in deserts

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Conduction of heat terrestrial

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Water conducts heat better then air

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Ability of gases aquatic

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Oxygen & carbon dioxide dissolve in water, gases are most abundant in cases where water is turbulent. As water depth increases the gases decrease

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Diffusion of gases

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In order for diffusion in a cell to take place gases must dissolve in water. This is why surface for gas exchange must be moist