Biotic & Abiotic Factors

Biotic

• Something that needs energy (eats), grows and reproduces

• Something that DOES NOT need energy (eats), grows and reproduces

• All the living and non-living things in an ecosystem

• An organism's home

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Abiotic

• Something that needs energy (eats), grows and reproduces

• Something that DOES NOT need energy (eats), grows and reproduces

• All the living and non-living things in an ecosystem

• An organism's home

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Ecosystem

• Something that needs energy (eats), grows and reproduces

• Something that DOES NOT need energy (eats), grows and reproduces

• All the living and non-living things in an ecosystem

• An organism's home

A certain plant needs moisture, carbon dioxide, oxygen, light, and minerals to survive. This scenario shows that this particular living organism depends on .

• biotic and abiotic Factors

• biotic Factors 

• abiotic factors 

• None of the above

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Which of the fallowing has only abiotic factors?

• Sunlight, algae, and temperature
• Guppy, crab, oxygen
• Sunlight, soil, and weather
• Algae, temperature, and dog

What are the biotic factors in this image?

• sunlight, elephants, and grasses
• sunlight, water,  and air
• elephants, plants, trees 

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Ava decides to spend the weekend observing the squirrels in the neighborhood. As she watches them, she takes photos and makes notes about their activities. The drawing shows one of the activities she observes. Ava observes the squirrels in many types of interactions. Which of the following is an interaction with an abiotic factor of the environment?

• Catching beetles on the lawn
• Drinking water from a stream
• Burying acorns by an oak tree
• Running from a neighbor's cat

Which of the following is an example of an interaction between a living and nonliving organism?

• a snake using a mouse for food
• a worm using the soil as shelter
• a bird using an insect for food

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Temperature is a _________factor

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• living

• cool

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Soil is an example of a

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic factor

• competition

• herbivorous