Abiotic vs Biotic Factors in an Ecosystem

Abiotic means

• living

• nonliving

Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ocean ecosystem?

• the salt content of the water

• the temperature of the water

• the fish in the water

• the oxygen in the water

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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.

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What is a example of a abiotic factor?

• Panda

• Bacteria

• Butterfly

• Weather

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

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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What are the biotic factors in this image?

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

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What are the abiotic factors in this image?

• water, sunlight, dirt, air

• birds, trees, and sunlight

• water, trees, and birds

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Which of the following is a biotic factor?

• sun

• temperature

• soil

• grass

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

• mushroom

• air

• elephant

• coyote

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Lizards and cacti are biotic factors in a desert ecosystem that would rely on which abiotic factors?

• insects and sun

• water and insects

• snakes and temperature

• water and soil

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