Biotic and Abiotic Factors in Ecosystems

What is ecosystem?

• a community made up of all the living and nonliving things in an area

• a community made up of non living things only

• animals only that interact with other animals

• a community made up of living things only

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What does biotic mean?

• non-living parts of the ecosystem

• Living parts of the ecosystem

• some type of atoms in the atmosphere

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What are some examples of biotic factors?

• Trees, grass, birds, fish

• the moon, air, and the sun

• oxygen, rocks, soil and water

• air, and carbon dioxide

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What do living things (biotic) need to survive?

• gas, oxygen and rocks

• food, shelter, air , sunlight and water

• just water and air

• Rocks, soil, sunlight and carbon dioxide

What is an abiotic component in an ecosystem?

• water

• bear

• ladybug

• fish

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True or false. ORGANISMS MUST INTERACT WITH THE LIVING AND NONLIVING COMPONENTS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS TO SURVIVE.

• true

• false

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What is an abiotic factor in the environment?

• Living things

• non-living things

• any animal that moves

• plants

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Sunlight is a biotic factor

• True
• False

Soil is an example of an abiotic factor

• True

• False

A deer is an example of a ____________ factor.

• abiotic

• biotic