Which of the following is an example of an interaction between a living and nonliving organism?

a worm using the soil as shelter

a bird using an insect for food

How can a rock play an important role in an ecosystem?

It can provide shelter to animals.

It can provide sunlight to plants.

It can provide carbon dioxide to plants.

It can provide carbon dioxide to animals.

Which statement describes an organism obtaining energy from a non-living element of the ecosystem?

A maple tree produces food through photosynthesis.

An earthworm swallows nutrients found in organic matter.

A white-tailed deer eats grasses, leaves, twigs, fruit, and nuts.

A bobcat preys on goats, birds, rodents, and insects.

Which statement describes one way in which living organisms in a desert ecosystem interact with nonliving things in the ecosystem?

Plants get nutrients from the soil

Sunlight warms soil on the Earth's surface

Sunlight produces light which causes rocks to have shadows

Desert birds eat seeds found in the sand

A student puts a fish, plants, gravel, light, and water in an aquarium. Which of the following describes an interaction between the fish and a living part of their environment that is necessary for fish survival?

Beneficial bacteria grow on the gravel. Beneficial bacteria eliminate harmful fish waste products.

Decorative plants produce oxygen

Plants use a light source to make their own food.

Green anole lizards are bright-green reptiles native to the southeastern United States. They can be kept in terrariums to study their behavior and how they interact with their environment. Which observation describes the anole lizard interacting with the living elements in its environment?

The anole climbed the plant and then ate a cricket off one of the leaves.

The anole rested on one of the rocks and lifted its head toward the light.

The anole drank some water and then ran across the sand.

The anole jumped from the rock and scattered sand with its tail.

All of the following are examples of living things interacting with each other EXCEPT —

frogs sleeping in the mud at the bottom of the pond

birds preying on insects living in the grass

squirrels spreading the seeds of trees by burying them

fish eating plants and other smaller fish

Voles eat grasses, tree bark and roots.

Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

When organisms die and rot in the ground, the nutrients in them end up in the soil.

Organisms interacting with nonliving elements of their environment.

Organisms interacting with living elements of their environment.

Organisms interacting with both living and nonliving elements of their environment.

Abiotic/Biotic Interactions

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Biotic

Something that needs energy (eats), grows and reproduces

Something that DOES NOT need energy (eats), grows and reproduces

All the living and non-living things in an ecosystem

An organism's home

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Abiotic

Something that needs energy (eats), grows and reproduces

Something that DOES NOT need energy (eats), grows and reproduces

All the living and non-living things in an ecosystem

An organism's home

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Ecosystem

Something that needs energy (eats), grows and reproduces

Something that DOES NOT need energy (eats), grows and reproduces

All the living and non-living things in an ecosystem

An organism's home

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A certain plant needs moisture, carbon dioxide, oxygen, light, and minerals to survive. This scenario shows that this particular living organism depends on .

Biotic and Abiotc Factors

Biotic Factors

Abiotic Factors

None of the Above

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Which of the fallowing has only abiotic factors?

Sunlight, algae, and temperature

Guppy, crab, oxygen

Sunlight, soil, and weather

Algae, temperature, and dog

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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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Ava decides to spend the weekend observing the squirrels in the neighborhood. As she watches them, she takes photos and makes notes about their activities. The drawing shows one of the activities she observes. Ava observes the squirrels in many types of interactions. Which of the following is an interaction with an abiotic factor of the environment?

Catching beetles on the lawn

Drinking water from a stream

Burying acorns by an oak tree

Running from a neighbor's cat

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Abiotic/Biotic Interactions

Biotic

Abiotic

Ecosystem

A certain plant needs moisture, carbon dioxide, oxygen, light, and minerals to survive. This scenario shows that this particular living organism depends on .

Which of the fallowing has only abiotic factors?

What are the biotic factors in this image?

Which of the following is an example of an interaction between a living and nonliving organism?

Temperature is a _________factor

Soil is an example of a

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