Biotic and Abiotic Factors
What is a biotic factor?
All living organisms in an ecosystem.
What is a habitat?
Where an organism lives.
How do we get our genes?
From our parents.
What is an element?
A pure substance made from one type of atom.
Per a recent holiday fad, what “spy” hides around the house, reporting back to Santa on who has been naughty and nice?
Elf on the Shelf
What is an abiotic factor?
All non-living things in an ecosystem.
Rabbits eat grass and other plants to survive, but they do not eat animals. What kind of animal are rabbits?
Herbivores
Name a few physical traits you inherited from your parents.
Physical features can include hair color, eye color, height, etc.
What is an atom?
The basic building block of all living things.
What animated 2004 film is about a train that carries kids to the North Pole on Christmas Eve?
The Polar Express
Name three examples of a biotic factor.
Answers Vary (plants, animals, etc)
In a food web, what is the relationship between a lion and a hyena if they both hunt zebras?
Competitors
What are environmental factors?
An organism's surroundings.
What is a subscript?
It shows the number of each atom (comes after the element)
What do children typically get in their stockings if they’re on the Naughty List?
A lump of coal
Name three examples of abiotic factors.
Answers Vary (water, sunlight, air, etc)
In a food web, what is the relationship between a fox and a rabbit?
Predator and Prey
Water availability affecting the growth of cactus is an example of a(n):
a) environmental factor
b) genetic factor
Environmental factor
How many hydrogen atoms are in H2O?
2
Who is Santa's most famous reindeer?
Rudolph
What is an example of a biotic factor in a pond ecosystem?
Answers Vary (frog, fish, water lily, etc)
Describe what would happen if one link of the food chain would die off.
Gradually all of the other parts of the food chain would die off too.
List three examples of environmental factors.
Food, climate, habitat.
Name three different elements and their symbols.
Au - Gold
Ag - Silver
H - Hydrogen
In the Twelve Days of Christmas, what are there eleven of?
Pipers pipping