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Biotic and Abiotic Factors Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 50mins

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1.

What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors? Choose the correct examples of each.

a)

Abiotic factors include sunlight and temperature; biotic factors include plants and animals.

b)

Abiotic factors include plants and animals; biotic factors include sunlight and temperature.

c)

Abiotic factors include water and soil; biotic factors include rocks and minerals.

d)

Abiotic factors include bacteria and fungi; biotic factors include air and water.

2.

Is a fallen leaf an example of an abiotic or a biotic factor? Why?

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3.

Classify these examples as either abiotic or biotic.

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4.

What two life processes make the energy cycle go round and round?

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5.

What gas do animals release into the air? (What gas do YOU breathe out?)

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6.

What gas do plants release into the air that is used by animals?

(a)  

7.

What is the correct order of the levels of biological organization from smallest to largest?

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8.

How are energy and nutrients transferred through an ecosystem?

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9.

What captures energy from the sun and stores it in chemical bonds of glucose?

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10.

Which level in a Pyramid of Energy has the most stored energy? Why?

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11.

Which level in a Pyramid of Energy has the least stored energy? Why?

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12.

Which level in a Pyramid of Numbers has the most number of organisms? (largest population) Why?

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13.

Which level in a Pyramid of Numbers has the least number of organisms? Why?

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14.

What happens to the size of the organism as you go up an Ecological Pyramid? Why?

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15.

As you go up the energy pyramid, what happens to the amount of energy available? Why?

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16.

Why is energy lost in a food chain?

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17.

Fill in the blanks for the Photosynthesis formula:

(a)  

18.

Fill in the blanks for the Cellular respiration formula:

(a)  

19.

What factors affect population growth?

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20.

What is biodiversity and why is it important?

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