Biotic and Abiotic Factors in Ecosystems

Biotic Factors

The word BIOTIC means

Things that are LIVING or ALIVE.

Things made of cells are alive.

Abiotic Factors

The prefix "A" in front of the word BIOTIC means "NOT" ALIVE.

These are things in an ecosystem that are not alive.

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Abiotic can be defined as?

• An organism that is alive

• Non-living parts of the environment

• Living Parts of the environment

• A new kind of Pokemon that lives with Pikachu

Ecosystems

We will learn all about how organisms interact in the place where they live!

Ecosystem

• A community of organisms and their environment

Population

• A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific area.

Community

• All the populations of species that live in the same area and interact with each other.

• Interact: affect each other

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Biotic can be defined as

• the living parts of an environment

• non-living parts of an environment

• rocks and water

• snakes and water

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A squirrel's habitat in a dead log is considered a _____factor

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• cool

• secret

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Temperature is a _________factor

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• living

• cool

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The sun is a _______factor

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Select ALL the biotic factors

• Rotten log

• water

• dragon fly

• bacteria

• lily pad

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The leaf would be a

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic factor

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Nitrogen in the water would be an example of

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic Factor

• hidden factor

• scary factor

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Soil is an example of a

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic factor

• competition

• herbivorous

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Rabbits eating grass is an example of

• biotic factor

• abiotic factor

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Fish using it's gills to breath oxygen in the water is an example of the fish interacting with a

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic factor

• Competition

• Predator prey relationship

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Hawk flying down and catching a rabbit for food is example of the hawk interacting with

• Biotiic factor

• Abiotic factor

• herbivore

• decomposer

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Select all the Abiotic factors in the image:

• rotten log

• plants

• Sun

• water

• temperature of water

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All living things or organisms in an ecosystem are

• None

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

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Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?

• Coyote

• air

• elephant

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Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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Is sunlight 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 a rose an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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Is a dog considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Neither

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Is a Cat considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Neither

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Is a tree considered abiotic or biotic?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Neither

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Is water considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• biotic

• neither

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Is wind considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• biotic

• neither

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Is a rock considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• biotic

• neither

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Is your temperature considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• biotic

• neither

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Is a human considered abiotic or biotic?

• abiotic

• biotic

• neither

• both

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Bio means _________.

• non-living

• not/without

• life

• living

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Abiotic means ____________.

• life/ living

• not-living

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

• Biotic Factors 
• Abiotic Factors 

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Which of the following lists has ONLY Biotic factors?
 

• snail, algae, guppy, sunlight
• temperature, Daphnia (water flea), snail, guppy (fish)
• snail, guppy (fish), Daphnia (water flea), algae
• temperature, pH, conductivity, nitrite concentration

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Which of the following is considered to be an abiotic factor in the environment?

• Water
• Trees
• Plants
• Coral

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A collection of organisms that interact together, as well as with all of the nonliving aspects of the environment is known as a(n)?

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

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A living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem is a(n)?

• population
• biotic factor
• abiotic factor
• community

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Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

• Community
• Population
• Organisms
• Biosphere

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Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of a living thing:

• All living things grow and develop over the course of their lives
• Every living thing is made of cells
• Living things react to stimuli in their surroundings
• Living things make their own energy without outside factors

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Match the following

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Ecosystem

living things

Nonliving things

 the relationship between living and nonliving parts of the environment

• living things

• Nonliving things

•  the relationship between living and nonliving parts of the environment

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factors are anything that is not and was never living

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Abiotic

Biotic

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Circle the BIOTIC factors

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Temperature

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Skeletons

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Salinity (How salty something is, usually water)

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Bacteria

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Fungi

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Gold

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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Is soil a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

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Are rocks biotic or abiotic factors?

• biotic

• abiotic

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Is water a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

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Abiotic factors are ___________.

• non-living parts of an ecosystem

• living parts of an ecosystem

• things that once were alive, but now are dead

• not important parts of ecosystems.

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Biotic factors are ___________.

• non-living parts of an ecosystem

• living parts of an ecosystem

• things that once were alive, but now are dead

• not important parts of ecosystems.

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An ecosystem is made up of __________.

• living things only

• non-living things only

• both living and non-living things

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A hollow, sealed glass sphere contains sand, water, air, algae, and tiny brine shrimp. The sphere is a model ecosystem. Which of these is a biotic factor of this ecosystem?

• air

• algae

• sand

• water

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Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ocean ecosystem?

• the salt content of the water

• the temperature of the water

• the fish in the water

• the oxygen in the water

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Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 

• abiotic
• biotic

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Which of the following is not an abiotic factor?

• sun
• temperature
• soil
• grass

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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

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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 and plants
• water, plants, and birds 

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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Which example shows a relationship between a living thing and a non-living thing?

• An insect is food for salmon.
• Water carries a rock downstream.
• A tree gets nutrients from the soil.
• A flower makes food for a butterfly.

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Which of these is an example of one living thing depending on another living thing?

• Cat walking on the sand
• Bird building a nest in a tree
• Dog warming in the sunlight
• Squirrel drinking water

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Living and nonliving things interacting in an environment is called:

• Organism

• Producer

• Consumer

• Ecosystem

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A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.

• shelter
• tree
• habitat
• organism

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

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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Some examples of biotic factors would be

• trees

• insects

• bacteria

• all of the above