Biotic or Abiotic Food Web

Which of the following shows an ABIOTIC factor interacting with a BIOTIC factor in the environment?

• Lamprey eels survive by attaching themselves to trout.

• Water temperature affects its oxygen level.

• Low light intensity affects the growth of forest pine trees.

• Gypsy moth caterpillars eat the leaves of apple trees.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which of the following is an ABIOTIC factor that could affect BIOTIC factors?

• Population of rabbits.

• Length of daylight.

• Presence of harmful bacteria.

• Number of herbivores.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Biotic means

• living

• nonliving

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called _______________.

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

• limiting factors

• fear factors

Which is an example of a seasonal change to a BIOTIC factor?

• Temperatures get cooler in the fall.

• Hours of sunlight increase the summer.

• Birds fly south for the winter.

• Rainfall increases in the spring.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following directly use the Sun's energy to produce their own food? 

• decomposers

• carnivores

• consumers

• producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  or non-living parts of the environment

• alive

• biotic 

• abiotic

• living

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk

• rocks

• soil

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NON-living things found in an ecosystem are called ________________.

• biotic

• abiotic

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

LIVING things in an ecosystem are called _________________.

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1