Biotic vs Abiotic
Non-Living
What is an abiotic factor?
Define "Constant Variable".
What is something that stays the same during an experiment.
The person has a coat on.
What is an observation?
Define Mutualism.
What is both organisms benefit?
Define consumer.
Eats other organisms.
Living organism
What is a biotic factor?
Define Dependent Variable.
What is "What is measured?"
The tall boy must be good at basketball.
What is an inference?
Define parasitism and provide an example.
What is one organism benefits and the other is harmed. An example can be a dog and tick.
Define Omnivore.
What is an organism that eats both plants and meat?
List 2 Biotic Factors in an ecosystem.
What are plants and animals?
Define Independent Variable.
What is "What changes in an experiment"?
Define Observation.
What is "Using your 5 senses to record information".
Define Commercialism.
What is one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed (unaffected)
Describe/Define a "Predator-Prey" relationship in an ecosystem.
What is "One animal eats another animal". Lion and a gazelle.
List 3 Abiotic factors you may find in an ecosystem.
What is water, air, soil, sun, rocks? (Other answers accepted)
What is a "Testable Question"?
What is a question that can me measured or tested?
Define Inference.
What is an "Educated guess based on your observations".
Atlantic puffins are very resourceful. They use burrows for nesting that were previously made and used by rabbits. The rabbits have moved on, and don’t know or care that the Puffins are living there.
Which form of symbiosis is described?
What is commensalism?
What do the arrows on the food chain represent?
What is "the transfer of energy"?
Why are abiotic factors important to an ecosystem?
What is (water/air) is important because....
These are written as "If...Then" statements. For example, If we put one skittle in hot water and one skittle in cold water then the skittle will dissolve.
What is a hypothesis?
The car stopped running because it ran out of gas.
What is an inference?
What are the 3 types of symbiosis we discussed and provide an example of at least 2?
What is Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism?
Define "Photosynthesis". What are 2 things that are produced or made during photosynthesis?
What is the process when plants use energy from the sun to make their own food. Oxygen and Glucose (Food) are produced during this process.