Ecosystems - Living and Nonliving Factors

Dogs interact with both living and nonliving factors in their environments. Sort the items into the correct categories.

Groups:

(a) Dogs interact with living factors:

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(b) Dogs interact with nonliving factors:

• Dogs chase squirrels

• Dogs feed their puppies

• Dogs play with toys

• Dogs drink water

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Bees interact with both living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) factors in their environments. Which statement describes one way bees interact with a nonliving part of the environment?

• Bees care for larvae

• Bees tell other bees where to find flowers

• Bees pollinate flowers

• Bees drink water

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Ducks interact with both living and nonliving factors in their environments. Which TWO activities are examples of how ducks interact with living factors in their environment.

• Ducks are startled by children at a playground

• Ducks collect grass and stems

• Ducks paddle in the water

• Ducks rest by floating in the shade

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Bears interact with both living and nonliving factors in their environments. Select TWO ways in which bears interact with living parts of their environment.

• bears catch at eat salmon

• bears eat berries

• bears hibernate in a cave

• bears drink water from a stream

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Bison interact with both living and nonliving parts in their environments. Select TWO ways bison interact with nonliving parts of their environment.

• Bison eat grass

• Bison travel in herds with other bison

• Bison drink water

• Bison find shelter near a cliff

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Texas horned lizards interact with both living and nonliving factors in their environments. Select the TWO statements that describe how Texas horned lizards interact with nonliving factors in their environments.

• They eat ants

• They run from predators

• They drink water

• They warm themselves on sunny rocks

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Butterflies interact with their environments in the following ways:

1. 1. They pollinate flowers

2. 2. They drink water

3. 3. They drink nectar from flowers

4. 4. They get blown around by the wind.

Which statements show how the butterfly interacts with living elements in its environment?

• 1 and 2

• 1 and 3

• 2 and 3

• 2 and 4

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Students made a list of ways wolves interact with parts of their environments.

1. 1. They find shelter in caves

2. 2. They eat deer

3. 3. They raise their pups in wolfpacks

4. 4. they play in the snow

5. 5. They hunt prey in packs

6. Which statements best describe how wolves interact with nonliving parts of their environment

• 1 and 4

• 2 and 3

• 1 and 5

• 2 and 5

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Fish interact with both living and nonliving factors in their environments in the following ways:

1. 1. They eat smaller fish

2. 2. They eat algae

3. 3. They absorb oxygen with their gills

4. 4. They hide among colored stones

5. 5. They get chased by bigger fish

6. Which statements describe how fish interact with living parts of their environment?

• Statements 1, 2, and 5

• Statements 1, 3, and 4

• Statements 3, 4, and 5

• Statements 1, 2, and 3

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Horses interact with both living and nonliving factors in their environments. Sort the items into the correct categories.

Groups:

(a) Horses interact with living factors

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(b) Horses interact with nonliving factors

• carry riders on their backs

• pulling against a rope

• eating grass

• cracking a hoof while walking on a stone path

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