Biotic and Abiotic Factors

The parts of an ecosystem that are currently living or that have once lived.

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

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Which of the following lists has ONLY biotic factors?

• snail, algae, guppy, sunlight

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

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

• temperature, pH, conductivity, nitrite concentration

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Sun is what type of factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

A pine tree is what type of factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

Bacteria is what type of factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

What is a example of an abiotic factor?

• Panda

• Turtle

• Butterfly

• weather

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

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

What are the Abiotic factors in this image? 

• water, sunlight, dirt, air
• birds and plants
• birds, water, dirt
• plants, water

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Which of the following best describes abiotic factors? 

• All of the animals in an environment.
• All of the living things in an environment.
• All of the nonliving things in an environment.
• All of the bacteria in an environment

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Which of the following is a type of biotic factor? 

• The amount of sunlight
• The level of rainwater
• The amount of grass growing
• The type of soil

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