Biotic Abiotic Interactions

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

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

• alive

• biotic 

• abiotic

• living

Which of the following best describes the interaction between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem?

• Biotic factors do not depend on abiotic factors.

• Abiotic factors are unaffected by biotic factors.

• Biotic and abiotic factors are interdependent and influence each other.

• There is no interaction between biotic and abiotic factors.

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What role do abiotic factors play in the balance of ecosystems?

• They provide the energy for all ecosystem processes.

• They only affect the biotic factors indirectly.

• They regulate the growth and survival of biotic factors.

• They have no role in the balance of ecosystems.

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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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