5.9A biotic and abiotic

Which option describes how the fish in the picture interacts with abiotic factors in the ecosystem? Select all that apply.

• the fish swims in the water

• the owl eats the fish

• the fish breathes oxygen in the water

• the fish lays eggs on water plants

• the fish eats bugs

Answer explanation

Owls, plants, and insects are biotic factors. Water and oxygen are abiotic factors.

Check all the boxes that list biotic organisms.

• apple tree

• rock

• shoe

• moose

Is the following factor Biotic or Abiotic?
River

• Biotic
• Abiotic

living things

• biotic

• food web

• abiotic

• food chain

• decomposer

Is the following factor Biotic or Abiotic?
Sunlight

• Biotic
• Abiotic

Any single living individual, and can refer to a single human, animal, plant,

Protista, bacteria, or fungi.

• Community

• Cell

• Population

• Organism

Is a dog considered abiotic or biotic?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

An organism that consumes dead or nonliving biomass without need for internal digestion.

• producer

• consumer

• herbivore

• decomposer

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

An ___________________ is all the living AND non-living things in an area.

• Ecosystem
• Environment
• Biotic
• Abiotic