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Abiotic and Biotic Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 4hrs 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abiotic means

a)

living

b)

nonliving

2.

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

a)

Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

b)

Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.

3.
Biotic means
a)
living
b)
nonliving
4.

What is a example of a ABIOTIC factor?

a)

Panda

b)

Bacteria

c)

Butterfly

d)

Weather

5.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic 
c)
abiotic
d)
living
6.

Temperature is an example of what kind of factor?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

dead

d)

living

7.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water,  and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees 
8.

What are the ABIOTIC factors in this image?

a)

water

b)

sunlight

c)

birds

d)

grasses

e)

mud

9.

Which of the following is a BIOTIC factor?

a)

sun

b)

temperature

c)

soil

d)

grass

10.

Which of the following is an ABIOTIC factor?

a)

mushroom

b)

air

c)

elephant

d)

coyote

11.

What is an example of a BIOTIC factor?

a)

bear

b)

rocks

c)

soil

d)

water

12.

An organisms in an environment is a _______.

a)

abiotic factor

b)

biotic factor

13.

Lizards and cacti are BIOTIC factors in a desert ecosystem. Which ABIOTIC factors do they depend on?

a)

insects and sun

b)

water and insects

c)

snakes and temperature

d)

water and soil

14.

Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called _______________.

a)

biotic factors

b)

abiotic factors

c)

limiting factors

d)

fear factors

15.

Select all the ABIOTIC factors

a)

bacteria

b)

minerals

c)

sunlight

d)

temperature

e)

mushrooms

16.

Which is an example of an ABIOTIC factor in a pond environment?

a)

The water

b)

A frog

c)

A grasshopper

d)

A snake

17.

Which is an example of a BIOTIC factor in the environment?

a)

The climate in the region

b)

Carnivores that consume other animals

c)

Amount of helium gas in the air

d)

Flow of water in a river

18.

Which of the following shows an ABIOTIC factor interacting with a BIOTIC factor in the environment?

a)

Lamprey eels survive by attaching themselves to trout.

b)

Water temperature affects its oxygen level.

c)

Low light intensity affects the growth of forest pine trees.

d)

Gypsy moth caterpillars eat the leaves of apple trees.

19.

Which of the following is an ABIOTIC factor that could affect BIOTIC factors?

a)

Population of rabbits.

b)

Length of daylight.

c)

Presence of harmful bacteria.

d)

Number of herbivores.

20.

Which is an example of a seasonal change to a BIOTIC factor?

a)

Temperatures get cooler in the fall.

b)

Hours of sunlight increase the summer.

c)

Birds fly south for the winter.

d)

Rainfall increases in the spring.

21.

"Bio" is a prefix that means...

a)

not

b)

life

c)

book

d)

science