Ecology

• Abiotic factors are non-living factors in an environment.
• There is not much light available in a shady forest so plants are in competition for light.
• In order to reproduce sexually, organisms compete with each other to find a mate.
• If available resources in any environment decrease, the level of competition between organisms increases as they compete with each other for the few resources that are available.
• Extremophiles are organisms adapted to living in extreme environmental conditions. Those that live in brine pools are adapted to living in regions of high salt concentrations.