Biotic and Abiotic Factors

Abiotic and Biotic Factors

STAAR Blitz: Day 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an abiotic factor in an environment?

• an organism

• Soil
• Water
• Air

Multiple Choice

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

• Rocks
• Water
• Air
• Plants

Multiple Choice

A group of students visits the school pond with their teacher to make observations of the ecosystem. The list of observations is shown below.

Which observations describe one biotic factor interacting with another biotic factor?

• A frog jumps into the water

• A mother duck uses her wings to keep her ducklings warm.

• A lizard eats a cricket.

• A dragonfly rests on a rock.

Multiple Choice

A nonliving part within an ecosystem is known as --

• Abiotic

• Interaction

• Biotic

• Environment

Multiple Choice

When living parts of an environment engage with other living or nonliving elements is known as --

• Abiotic

• Interaction

• Biotic

• Environment

Multiple Choice

The area in which an organism lives is known as --

• Abiotic

• Interaction

• Biotic

• Environment

Multiple Choice

Living and once-living parts within an ecosystem is know as --

• Abiotic

• Interaction

• Biotic

• Environment

Multiple Select

Students observed animals at a farm. A list of their observations is shown.

Which student observations describe a biotic element interacting with an abiotic element?

Select TWO answer choices.

• A cow eats grass.

• A duck swims in the pond.

• A pig rolls in the mud.

• A spider eats a cricket.

Multiple Choice

During a trip to the beach, a student noticed a hermit crab. Which observations best describe how the hermit crab interacts with another biotic element in the ecosystem?

• The hermit crab eats grass on the shoreline.

• The hermit crab swims through the water.

• The hermit crab burrows into the soil.

• The hermit crab switches its shell for a larger one.

Multiple Choice

A student observed and recorded some activities in an aquarium.

An interaction between two living parts of the environment is represented by -

• A fish eats flakes of fish food dropped into the aquarium.

• A snail crawls over colored rocks at the bottom of the aquarium.

• A fish eats leaves from a plant in the aquarium.

• A fish swims through air bubbles being pumped into the aquarium.