Biotic and Abiotic Factors

Which is a biotic factor that could affect an ecosystem?

• dust storms moving through an ecosystem

• bacteria harming the health of organisms in an ecosystem

• large amounts of acid rain precipitation seeping into the soil in an ecosystem

• high levels of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere within an ecosystem

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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.

• Both biotic and abiotic factors are non living

• Only biotic is non living

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

• alive

• biotic

• abiotic

• living

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following lists has ONLY biotic factors?

• snail, algae, guppy, sunlight

• temperature, Daphnia (water flea), snail, guppy (fish)

• temperature, pH, conductivity, nitrite concentration

• snail, guppy (fish), Daphnia (water flea), algae

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Sweet potatoes grow best in sandy, well-drained soil. In which North Carolina ecological region would you MOST likely grow sweet potatoes?

• piedmont

• tidewater

• coastal plane

• mountain

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The temperate deciduous forest and temperate grassland biomes have the same maximum temperature. Which of the following is a reason they have different plant and animal species?

• they are at different latitudes

• they are at different altitudes

• the forest gets more precipitation

• the grassland gets more precipitation

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Which interaction of a biotic and an abiotic factor can help stabilize a forest area in North Carolina?

• increased precipitation, reducing soil erosion in the area

• increased decaying organic material, adding nutrients to soil in the area

• decreased water salinity, reducing biodiversity of animals in the area

• decreased number of predators, allowing the number of prey to increase in the area

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Temperature is a _________factor

• biotic

• living

• abiotic

• cool

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What are the 3 levels of organization in an ecosystem from smallest to largest?

• Organism, Population, Community

• Population, Organism, Community

• Organism, Community, Population

• Organism, Community, Population, Ecosystem

An ecosystem is made up of all of the _____________ and __________ in one area.

• Populations, Communities

• Plants, Animals

• Organisms, Populations

• Biotic, Abiotic