Biotic and Abiotic Factors: Science Literacy Article

What is a biotic factor?

• A living or once-living thing in an ecosystem

• A number used to calculate a formula

• A nonliving thing in an ecosystem

• An interaction in an ecosystem

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What is an abiotic factor?

• A living thing or once living thing in an ecosystem

• A number used to calculate a formula

• A nonliving thing in an ecosystem

• An interaction in an ecosystem

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Which of the following is NOT a producer?

• Wildflowers

• Mushrooms

• Grasses

• Palm trees

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Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor depending on an abiotic factor?

• Lions depending on gazelles for food

• Trees depending on fungi to break down dead things in the soil

• Fish depending on water for habitat and for oxygen

• Rabbits depending on grass for food

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A spider web is considered to be a biotic factor.

• True

• False

The climate in an ecosystem is considered a(n) _____________ factor.

A rotting tree log in an ecosystem would be considered a(n) ____________ factor.

A bird nest would be considered a(n) _______________ factor.

An unusually warm summer causes the population of mice in a prairie to decrease. This is an example of a(n) ________________ factor affecting a(n) _________________ factor.

Type your answer this way: answer 1/answer 2

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Sort the following terms into the correct location in your answer below. Do it the following way:

Biotic Factors: (list your answers)

Abiotic Factors: (list your answers)

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