Abiotic and Biotic Factors

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

• Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

• Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.

The Sun is the source of all energy within an ecosystem. Plants depend on light from the sun in order to perform the process of photosynthesis. Sunlight is an example of what type of factor?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Air is a mixture of colorless gases. The air that makes up the Earth's atmosphere consists primarily of nitrogen and oxygen. Air is an example of which type of factor?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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An angler fish has a fleshy growth on its head that gives off light. This part acts as a lure to help the angler fish catch its prey. An anglerfish is an example of which type of factor?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Is temperature a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

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How would you categorize Altitude or Elevation?

• Biotic Factor.

• Abiotic Factor.

Salinity (How salty something is, usually water)

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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Is a rose an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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Is a tree considered abiotic or biotic?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Neither