Living Organisms and their environment

Biotic factors are factors that relate to ...

• Living things

• Non-living things

Abiotic factors are factors relating to ...

• Living things

• Non-living things

Which piece of equipment can be used for estimating the number of plants in an area?

• Light meter

• Pitfall trap

• Quadrat

• Moisture meter

Which of the following is a piece of equipment that can be used to sample the ground invertebrates in a habitat?

• Light meter

• Pitfall trap

• Quadrat

• pH meter

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

• Light intensity

• Grazing

• Predation

• Disease

What sampling technique could be used to estimate the number of woodlice in an area?

• Pitfall trap

• Quadrat

• Thermometer

• Tree beating

Which sampling technique is this?

• Quadrat

• Line transect

• Pitfall trap

• Tree beating

What is the name of the apparatus shown?

• Pooter

• Beating tray

• Line transect

• Pitfall trap

Ecology is the study of

• how living things react with each other and their environment.
• local habitats.
• inherited characteristics.
• how minerals and food travel through a plant.

Which one of the following is NOT a producer?

• Deer
• Cabbage
• Grass
• Tree