Ecosystem Abiotic vs Biotic

What is a biotic factor?

• Anything that is living, or once living

• anything that is not alive

• something that you see in a store

• none of the above.

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What is a abiotic factor?

• anything that is living, or once living

• things that are not living, and never were living

• none of the above

• all of the above

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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.

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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What is an example of a biotic factor?

• bear

• rocks

• soil

• water

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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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Which is an example of a biotic factor in the environment?

• The climate in the region

• Carnivores that consume other animals

• Amount of helium gas in the air

• Flow of water in a river

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Which of the following is an abioitic factor that could affect biotic factors?

• Population of rabbits.

• Length of daylight.

• Presence of harmful bacteria.

• Number of herbivores.

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