Biotic vs. Abiotic
What are the non-living parts of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, and soil?
What are abiotic factors?
This type of ecosystem has lots of trees and is home to many animals like birds and squirrels.
What is a forest?
These organisms produce their own food using sunlight or chemical energy.
What are producers?
The variety of different species in an ecosystem is known as this.
What is biodiversity?
Throwing harmful substances into the air, water, or land is called what?
What is pollution?
These are the living components of an ecosystem, including plants and animals.
What are biotic factors?
This aquatic ecosystem is defined by saltwater and includes habitats like coral reefs.
What is a marine ecosystem?
Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all types of these.
What are consumers?
This term refers to an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
What is prey?
The warming of Earth's atmosphere caused by human activities is called what?
What is global warming?
This abiotic factor is crucial for photosynthesis and drives the primary production in ecosystems.
What is sunlight?
This term describes all the living and non-living things in an area working together.
What is an ecosystem?
This type of consumer only eats plants.
What is a herbivore?
These organisms convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.
What are autotrophs?
Cutting down trees in a forest is known as what?
What is deforestation?
True or False: Animals are an example of biotic factors.
What is True?
This type of ecosystem has very little rainfall and is home to cacti and lizards.
What is a desert?
An animal that hunts and eats other animals is called this.
What is a carnivore?
This term describes an organism’s role in the food chain as a producer, consumer, or decomposer.
What is a trophic level?
Bringing new plants or animals to an area where they are not normally found can cause this problem.
What is invasive species?
Name one abiotic factor that affects the type of plants in an area.
What is soil?
This large, cold ecosystem is covered in ice and snow and has animals like polar bears.
What is the Arctic?
This term describes organisms that break down dead material, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.
What are decomposers?
The role an organism plays in its environment, including its habitat and interactions with other species, is called this.
What is a niche?
Protecting and saving natural environments and wildlife is called what?
What is conservation?