Biotic and Abiotic

Multiple Choice

A student discovers an arachnid with a segmented abdomen, long legs, and a tail with no stinger. The student uses the dichotomous key below to identify it. Which arachnid has the student found?

• Whip Scorpion

• Wind Scorpion

• Daddy long legs

• Scorpion

Multiple Choice

Which leaf is shown in the drawing?

• Magnolia

• Redbud

• Sweetgum

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the name of bird Z?

• Certhidea

• Geospiza

• Camarhynchus

• Platyspiza

Open Ended

Where do you think you would find this bird?

Open Ended

Where would you find this animal?

Open Ended

Where would you find this animal?

Multiple Choice

The diagram below shows the cycling of nutrients in an ecosystem.
The removal of which of the following groups would cause an immediate decrease in the amount of energy flowing through the system?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Inorganic nutrients

Multiple Choice

What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

• carbohydrates

• sunlight

• water

• carbon

Multiple Choice

Members of a species in a defined area

• Ecosystem

• community

• biodiversity

• population

Multiple Choice

Groups of different populations that live in a given area and interact are called a(n)...

• Community

• Colony

• Population

• Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

One living thing. Ex. One frog, one tree, one rabbit

• Population

• Organism

• Community

• Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

What is the role of decomposers

• They break down dead organisms and return their nutrients back to the ecosystem.

• Supply energy to the sun

• Help organize the community

• Create energy from the sun

Multiple Choice

Producers are important because they

• create shade for frogs

• smell nice

• use energy from the sun to make their own food and are the base of energy pyramids

• create homes for birds and squirrels

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

• Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

• Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.

Multiple Choice

What is a example of a abiotic factor?

• Panda

• Bacteria

• Butterfly

• Weather

Multiple Choice

What are the biotic factors in this image?

• sunlight, elephants, and grasses

• sunlight, water,  and air

• elephants, plants, trees 

Multiple Choice

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

• water, sunlight, dirt, air

• birds, trees, and sunlight

• water, trees, and birds

Multiple Choice

Lizards and cacti are biotic factors in a desert ecosystem that would rely on which abiotic factors?

• insects and sun

• water and insects

• snakes and temperature

• water and soil

Multiple Choice

All of the organisms of the same species in an area is defined as:

• Community

• population

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

Open Ended

Two seedlings sprout in the middle of the rain forest, what abiotic factors would they competing for?

Open Ended

If a badger dies in the middle of a field, what kind of biotic factor will other organisms compete over?

Open Ended

If a badger dies in the middle of a field, what kind of abiotic factor will other organisms compete over?