Biotic & Abiotic Factors

Abiotic can be defined as?

• An organism that is alive

• Non-living parts of the ecosystem

• Living Parts of the ecosystem

Biotic can be defined as

• the living or once-living parts of an environment

• non-living parts of an environment

• rocks and water

• snakes and water

Select ALL the biotic factors

• sun

• water

• dragon fly

• bacteria

• lily pad

Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?

• coyote

• air

• elephant

• bacteria

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

• alive

• biotic

• abiotic

• living

What are the biotic factors in this image?

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

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Which of the following is a biotic factor?

• sun

• temperature

• soil

• grass

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Brandon and his dad cut a tree that fell in a storm into smaller sections. Then they split the wood to use for firewood. Firewood is an example of which type of factor.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

An arctic blast pushed its way through several of the Northern state in the United State. The temperatures dropped below freezing for several days. Temperature is an example of which type of factor?

• Biotic

• Abiotic

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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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