Interactions Among

Living Things and Non-

living Things in Estuaries
and in Intertidal Zones
WEEK 7-DAY 1
Review:

What are the two types of

Pollination?

What are the two types of Asexual

Reproduction methods?
Look at the picture
below.
Where do you think
the picture is?

Are there any living

things found in the
area?

How about
nonliving things?
 The biotic factors are
living things which include
plants, animals, and
microorganisms, while
abiotic factors are the
non-living things found in
the ecosystem.
Estuarine ecosystem has a great
diversity of plants and animals
that live there.

When an organism of the

same kind live together,
they form a group called
population.
Community = when a population
interacts with other populations.
Ecosystem = when
community interacts
with air, water, soil,
sunlight, and other
nonliving things in its
surroundings.

= it is the
relationship between
biotic factors and
abiotic factors.
Biotic factors are the living
components in an ecosystem.
Examples: trees, birds, fish and
etc….

Abiotic factors are non-living

components in the ecosystem.
Examples: rocks, sunlight, water
etc.
1. 2. 3.

4. 5.
Is water considered as
abiotic?

Is it essential to living
organisms or biotic
factors?
What do you mean by Biotic and
Abiotic?

Why do you think estuaries are called

the “nurseries of the sea”?

It is because estuaries serve as the

breeding ground of many kinds of
organisms.
Observe the picture
below:
Identify some living things and non-living things
found in the picture. Write your answer inside the
table.
Biotic Factors Abiotic Factors
(Living Things) (Nonliving Things)
 Interactions Among Living
Things and Non-living Things
in Estuaries and in Intertidal
Zones

WEEK 7-DAY 2
REVIEW:

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.
The biotic and abiotic
factors or components of
estuarine ecosystems
interact in such a unique
way, thus make some
organisms choose to
reproduce in these areas.
Biotic factors in an
ecosystem such as an
intertidal zone and
estuary are composed
of all plants, animals
and microorganisms
living in it.
Biotic Factors also have an
effect to the ecosystem.
These organisms live in
different habitats found in
intertidal zones and
estuaries. These includes
coral reefs, salt marshes,
mud flats, rocky shore, and
mangrove forests.
Biotic Factors in an Intertidal Zone and
Estuarine Ecosystem.
How mangroves are able to adapt
and live in salt water?

The mangroves have broad, sturdy

roots which prop the tree on the soft
soil. These roots also filter the water
going into the plant. It does not
allow salt to be taken in with the
water. The leaves of the mangrove
are also able to excrete salt from
What are the different
biotic factors in an
intertidal zone and
estuarine ecosystem?
 Interactions Among Living
Things and Non-living Things
in Estuaries and in Intertidal
Zones

WEEK 7-DAY 3
Review:
Read the poem below and answer the guide
question.
What are the biotic
factors and abiotic
factors stated in the
poem?
Both intertidal zones
and estuaries provide
habitats for many
organisms. These
habitats have a lot of
abiotic factors that
affect the organisms
thriving in them.
The abiotic factors set the
condition in the intertidal zone and
estuarine. These factors dictate
whether a certain organism will be
able to live in the environment or
not. Any small change to the
abiotic factors will create an
impact to the organisms inside the
ecosystem.
 Abiotic Factors affect the
organisms
These factors are water in the form of:

Waves
Refer to the movement of the
surface of the water. These are
strong forces that organisms must
learn to live with.
Salinity

Refers to the amount of salt in

water.
Temperatu
re
Refers to the level of hotness or
coldness of water.
 Amount of
sunlight

Sunlight is needed for the

photosynthesis to take
place.
Types of soil

Plants depend on the soil that

contain nutrients for them to grow.
 Salinity and
temperature
The two main properties of water
that affected when a river meets the
sea water.
What Causes the changing
salinity of water in estuaries?
Due continuous flow of fresh water
and saltwater.
How do the abiotic factors affect the
intertidal zone and estuarine ecosystems?

The abiotic factors set the condition in the

intertidal zone and estuarine. These
factors dictate whether a certain
organism will be able to live in the
environment or not. Any small change to
the abiotic factors will create an impact to
the organisms inside the ecosystem.
Bring art materials
tomorrow
 Feeding Relationships
in an Intertidal Zone and
Estuarine Ecosystem

WEEK 7-DAY 4
REVIEW:
Read the short paragraph.
One early morning, Van went to an estuary near their
house. He saw a tall cattail plant grew on the water. He
remembered her Grade V teacher saying that plants
use the energy coming from the sun to make their own
food. He noticed that some parts of the plant withered
and fell into the water. As he looked closely, there
were dead plants and aquatic animals that became
part of the estuary. There are clams who filter detritus.
While he noticed that big clams were being eaten by
seagull. This
seagull also fed its young. After some time, Van saw an
eagle who fly magnificently. Several later, he saw the
Guide Questions:
1. What are the organisms
found by Van in the estuary?
2. What happen to the
following organisms?
3. What is the source of
energy?
The Earth is a huge ecosystem
that consists of living things and
nonliving things. Of all nonliving
things (factors), the most
important is the light from the sun
which is serve as the source of
energy for the whole ecosystem.
The energy is passed from one
organism to another.
Living things in any ecosystem
consist of the producers,
consumers, and decomposers.
Energy and nutrients are
transferred from the producers
to decomposers through their
feeding relationships.
The feeding relationships in an intertidal
zone and Estuarine Ecosystem.

Producers
Are green plants, algae, or
microorganisms that are capable of
making their own food. Producers
provide energy and nutrients to other
organisms.
 Consumers

Gets their energy by feeding on

plants and other organisms.
Therefore, all animals are
consumers.
Herbivores
Organisms that eat only plants. They
are known as the Primary Consumers.

Carnivores
Organisms that eat other animals.
Carnivores that eat herbivores are
known as the Second Consumers.
Carnivores that feed on other
carnivores are known as the
Tertiary Consumers.
Omnivores
Organisms that eat both plants
and animals.
Decomposers
Get energy by breaking down dead
organisms and their waste
Carnivores
Organisms that eat other animals.
Carnivores that eat herbivores are
known as the Second Consumers.
Food Chain
Series of organisms in which each
organism feeds on another organism
and so on.
Food web
When food chains are interlinked, they
form a food web. A food web consists
of two or more food chains.
Which biotic factor or living
thing acted as producer?
 Which
biotic factor
or living
thing acted
as
consumers?
What will happen to the living
things if the producers will be
removed in a particular
ecosystem?

The consumers or living things

will starve and will move to
another place in search of food.
Match the description in column A with
the items in column B.
Column A Column B
1. Organisms that can make A. Carnivores
their own food
2. Organisms that eat plants B. Food Chain
only
3. Organisms that eat animals C. Food Web
only
4. A series of organisms that D. Herbivores
feed on each other
5. Consists of two or more E. Producers
food chains
Directions: Draw an estuary or an intertidal zone on a
short bond paper. Label the biotic and abiotic factors
found in your drawing.
What is Food Chain?

What is Food Web?

How do they differ to each other?

The difference of a food chain and

food web lies on the size of the
linked networks of organisms which
feed on each other.
Identify the following organism it is a
producer, consumer, or decomposer. If the
organism is a consumer, identify if it is
carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore.
Example:
Shrimp = Consumer – omnivore
1. Human
2. Seaweed
3. Snail
4. Fungi
5. Tilapia
Using the diagram, differentiate the two feeding
relationships of organisms

Feeding Relationship
of Organisms

Food Food Web

Chain
Quiz Day

WEEK 7-DAY 5