Biotic and Abiotic Factors

Biotic and abiotic factors

Many factors affect the environment both living and nonliving.

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​Factors that affect the environment

The prefix bio- means "living" Biotic factors are any factors in an ecosystem that are alive or were once alive.

Biotic Factor

​Abiotic factors are factors that were never alive and could never be alive. They still affect the ecosystem, though.

​​Abiotic Factor

Multiple Choice

Which of these words best describes this image?

• biotic

• abiotic

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Which of these words best describes this image?

• biotic

• abiotic

Multiple Choice

Which of these words best describes this image?

• biotic

• abiotic

Multiple Choice

Which of these words best describes this image?

• biotic

• abiotic

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What is a example of a abiotic factor?

• Panda

• Bacteria

• Butterfly

• Weather

Multiple Choice

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  factors (parts) of the environment

• biotic 
• abiotic

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Temperature is an example of what kind of factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

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What are the biotic factors in this image?

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

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What are the abiotic factors in this image?

• water, sunlight, dirt, air

• birds, trees, and sunlight

• water, trees, and birds

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Is sunlight an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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Is a rain an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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Is your temperature considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• biotic

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Is a rock considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• biotic

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Is grass considered abiotic or biotic?

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic factor

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Is a dog considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• Biotic