Abiotic/Biotic & Cycles of Matter

Bees are insects that belong to the group of:

• BIOTIC

• ABIOTIC

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The Sun is the source of all energy within an ecosystem. Plants depend on light from the sun in order to perform the process of photosynthesis. Sunlight is an example of what type of factor?

• BIOTIC

• ABIOTIC

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Up to 60% of an adult human is made up of water. Water is an example of what type of factor?

• BIOTIC

• ABIOTIC

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Air is a mixture of colorless gases. Air is an example of which type of factor?

• BIOTIC

• ABIOTIC

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All living things or organisms in an ecosystem are?

• BIOTIC FACTORS

• ABIOTIC FACTORS

• NONE

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What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

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Condensation occurs when water vapor_____________.

• heats up and becomes liquid water

• cools off and becomes liquid water

• freezes and becomes ice

• rains on the land

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What step of the water cycle does this picture show?

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

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When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

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Precipitation occurs because 

• the droplets evaporate in the air
• the droplets are too light for the air to hold
• the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold

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