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Biotic and Abiotic Factors

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not an abiotic factor?
a)
sun
b)
temperature
c)
soil
d)
grass
2.
A nonliving element in an ecosystem is an 
a)
animal
b)
abiotic factor
c)
biotic factor
d)
organism
3.
Which of the following is not a biotic factor?
a)
mushroom
b)
air
c)
elephant
d)
coyote
4.
Which of the fallowing has only abiotic factors?
a)
Sunlight, algae, and temperature
b)
Guppy, crab, oxygen
c)
Sunlight, soil, and weather
d)
Algae, temperature, and dog
5.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water,  and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees 
6.
What are the abiotic factors in this image? 
a)
water, sunlight, dirt, air
b)
birds and plants
c)
water, plants, and birds 
7.
Which of the following lists has ONLY biotic factors?
 
a)
snail, algae, guppy, sunlight
b)
temperature, Daphnia (water flea), snail, guppy (fish)
c)
snail, guppy (fish), Daphnia (water flea), algae
d)
temperature, pH, conductivity, nitrite concentration
8.
The factors in an ecoysystem that have never had the ability to live.
a)
Biotic Factor
b)
Abiotic Factor
c)
Biome
d)
Community
9.
The study of relationships between biotic and abiotic factors interacting in the same area.
a)
Ecology
b)
Biology
c)
Zoology
d)
Botany
10.
A nonliving element in an ecosystem is an 
a)
animal
b)
abiotic factor
c)
biotic factor
d)
organism
11.
Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
12.
Is sunlight an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
13.
Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.
a)
butterfly
b)
snake
c)
fox
d)
ladybird
14.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
15.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
16.
Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?
a)
There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
b)
There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
c)
There would be a decrease in the mice population.
d)
There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.
17.
A consumer that hunts is called:
a)
a producer.
b)
an omnivore.
c)
a predator.
d)
a herbivore.
18.
A tapeworm inside a dog is
a)
competition
b)
predation
c)
commensalism
d)
parasitism
19.
How many herbivores are in this web?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4