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biotic abiotic factors

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is soil a biotic or abiotic factor?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

2.

Are rocks biotic or abiotic factors?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

3.

Is water a biotic or abiotic factor?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

4.

Abiotic factors are ___________.

a)

non-living parts of an ecosystem

b)

living parts of an ecosystem

c)

things that once were alive, but now are dead

d)

not important parts of ecosystems.

5.

Biotic factors are ___________.

a)

non-living parts of an ecosystem

b)

living parts of an ecosystem

c)

things that once were alive, but now are dead

d)

not important parts of ecosystems.

6.

An ecosystem is made up of __________.

a)

living things only

b)

non-living things only

c)

both living and non-living things

7.

A hollow, sealed glass sphere contains sand, water, air, algae, and tiny brine shrimp. The sphere is a model ecosystem. Which of these is a biotic factor of this ecosystem?

a)

air

b)

algae

c)

sand

d)

water

8.

Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ocean ecosystem?

a)

the salt content of the water

b)

the temperature of the water

c)

the fish in the water

d)

the oxygen in the water

9.
Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
10.
Which of the following is not an abiotic factor?
a)
sun
b)
temperature
c)
soil
d)
grass
11.
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
12.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water,  and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees 
13.
What are the abiotic factors in this image? 
a)
water, sunlight, dirt, air
b)
birds and plants
c)
water, plants, and birds 
14.
All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
15.
Which example shows a relationship between a living thing and a non-living thing?
a)
An insect is food for salmon.
b)
Water carries a rock downstream.
c)
A tree gets nutrients from the soil.
d)
A flower makes food for a butterfly.
16.
Which of these is an example of one living thing depending on another living thing?
a)
Cat walking on the sand
b)
Bird building a nest in a tree
c)
Dog warming in the sunlight
d)
Squirrel drinking water
17.

Living and nonliving things interacting in an environment is called:

a)

Organism

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer

d)

Ecosystem

18.
A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.
a)
shelter
b)
tree
c)
habitat
d)
organism
19.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic 
c)
abiotic
d)
living
20.

Some examples of biotic factors would be

a)

trees

b)

insects

c)

bacteria

d)

all of the above