Biotic vs. Abiotic Practice

Match the vocabulary terms to their definitions!

• A group of organisms of the same species

• Community

• Multiple populations of dif. species

• Species

• Community with abiotic factors

• Organism

• Organisms that can breed together

• Population

• Any living thing

• Ecosystem

​ (a)   factors are things that are not and were never living like ​ (b)   . ​ (c)   factors are things that are or once were living like ​ (d)   .

• Abiotic
• temperature
• Biotic
• trees
• species
• ecosystem

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Biotic

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(b) Abiotic

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• Trees

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Sort from smallest to largest

• Earth

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

Draw ONE ABIOTIC FACTOR and ONE BIOTIC FACTOR (Example, a fish in water)

The living portions of the ecosystem.

• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Parts of an ecosystem that are not living. Examples: water, soil, sunlight, temperature, altitude.

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Abiotic Factors

Biotic Factors

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem