(4) environmental influences that arise form non-living entities, for example, climate; not biological, not produced by a living organism.

without life. The abiotic elements of an ecosystem include its climate, geology and soils.

Non-living, or derived from non-living processes.  This term usually applies to environmental processes or elements such as temperature, humidity, and pH.

Non-living; usually applied to the physical and chemical aspects of an organism's environment.

Non-living things such as rocks, minerals, and land formations.

Non-living (physical and chemical parts) that affect a marine organism's life. For example salinity, temperature, oxygen or pressure.

non-living as contrasted with living

Not associated with living organisms. SN abiological.

Refers to nonliving basic elements and compounds of the environment.

non-living.  Applied to non-living part of ecosystems.

Non-living components of an ecosystem; basic elements and compounds of the environment. cf. biota, biomass.

Not relating to living things, not alive.

Something that is not living (for example, rock).

(opposite to biotic) lifeless, a term used for characteristics and elements of the environment with a certain influence on survival or reproduction of organisms that are not alive themselves. Examples are temperature, light, nutrients, etc., also denoted as abiotic factors or substances.

not involving or not produced by living organisms

non-living matter or factors found in the environment (e.g. soil, altitude, slope)

part of the environment including temperature, humidity, light, altitude and chemical make up. These factors limit the types of organisms that live there.

The nonliving or physical part of an environment.

Abiotic means not living. Some of the abiotic elements of an ecosystem community are the landforms, the soil, and the weather.

the non-living parts of the environment

nonliving, often applied to the nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

Non-living, e.g., bedrock, soil particles, sunlight.

An abiotic environment refers to the non-living natural environment made up of non-living, inorganic, objects such as rocks and minerals.

Non-biological factors such as temperature, that form part of the environment of an organism.

a non-living factor in an environment; e.g., light, water, temperature.

Nonliving factors in the environment; air, water, sunlight, and minerals.

An object, substance or process that doesn't involve living organisms

non-living. Abiotic factors include all aspects of climate, geology, and atmosphere that may affect living organisms.

not caused by living organisms

Non-living (Lawrence, 1995).

Of or relating to the non-living components of a habitat or ecosystem

Not biotic or living.

Non-living factors in the environment (air, water, sunlight, minerals, etc.). ( abiotique)

All non-living factors within an environment, including physical, chemical, and temporal (time) components. Also see biotic. !-- assign table width based on how this page is called close_it();

The non-living components of an ecosystem, such as light, soil, water and air.

non-living things in an environment (Examples include fire, water, longitude, latitude, the amount of sunlight, starlight, moon-shine, soil, rock, location and climate.)

Non-living, eg. rocks or minerals.

The physical and chemical non-living factors in an environment.

Absence of living organisms

A non living component of an ecosystem e.g. sunlight

Non-living; devoid of life.

1) Having no life; lifeless; 2) independent of the vital processes of a living organism.

All non-living factors within an environment, including physical, chemical, and temporal (time) components. Also see biotic. close window

Non-living; of non-biological origin. ( 16)

the nonliving components of the environment such as rock types, slope, geographic setting and climate that affect ecological functions.

Not alive, not biological.

something that was never alive, such as water or rocks. This term is often used to refer to the physical environment.

not biotic; not formed by biologic processes.

Coming into existence by a process not communicated by living beings.

non-living part of an ecosystem such as water, light, and temperature

nonliving factors in the environment. The abiotic factors of the environment include light, temperature, soil, climate and atmospheric gases.

arising from non-living organisms.

is a general term which refers to the non-living components of an ecosystem

a) Referring to the absents of living organisms ( FSEIS Feb. 94, Glossary-1) b) Non-living. Climate is an abiotic component of ecosystems. ( FS People's Glossary of Eco Mgmt Terms)

Nonliving factors such as temperature, moisture, and wind.

nonliving. Compare biotic.

adj: Nonliving or not containing any living organisms.

Abiotic refers to the "physical" or non-living components of our environment. For example water, air, soil and temperature are all abiotic.

refers to nonliving things in the environment.

the nonliving parts of an ecosystem (sunlight, rain, soil, water chemistry, geology, etc.).

Abiotic factors are the non-living factors of the Earth which affect the ability of living organisms to survive in an environment. These can include both physical and chemical factors.