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Abiotic/Biotic Factors
Types of Organisms
Food Chains/Webs
Biomes
Important Vocabulary
100
Abiotic or biotic: Living things or their materials that directly affect an organism and its environment

biotic

100

What kind of organism makes its own food using energy from the sun?

a producer

100
Is this a food chain or web: 


sun --> grass --> rabbit --> hawk

food chain

100

True or false: All biomes have the same soil.

false
100
Define habitat.
The place where an animal lives.
200

Abiotic or biotic: not living and never was living

abiotic

200

What kind of organism is a mushroom?

A decomposer

200

True or false: A food web is made up of many food chains.

true

200

Which biome is extremely dry and usually has cacti?

Desert

200

A place where abiotic and biotic factors exist together is called an __________.

ecosystem

300

Name 3 biotic factors in an environment

student can name any three things that are alive

300

What is a consumer?

An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

300

Food chains and webs show a transfer of __________.

energy

300

Which biome is extremely cold and is located by the poles (both North and South)?


This biome also has permafrost (meaning the first layer of soil is frozen so trees cannot grow there) ?

The Tundra
300

all populations living in an area make up a ___________.

Community

400

Name 3 abiotic factors in an ecosystem

Student can name any 3 things that are not living

400

Name the three types of consumers?

omnivores

carnivores

herbivores

400

Look at the food chain below:

algae ----> fish ----> shark


What would happen to the fish population if the shark population declined?

The fish population would explode (or increase).

400

True or False: Rian forests have extremely nutrient soil.

False

400

true or false: a population is a group of animals that are the same species.

true

500

sort the following into abiotic and biotic factors:

fallen leaf

rock

fish

wind

inch worm

mushroom

abiotic: fallen leaf, rock, wind

biotic: fish, inch worm, mushroom

500

Name two examples of producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Student has to name two of each category.

500

explain the definitions of predator and prey and also given an example of each

prey is something that is hunted by a predator and usually eaten

a hawk is a predator and a snake could be its prey

500

In what biome would you find gazelles and lions?

the grasslands

500

What is an estuary?

A water source that contains brackish water (a mixture of freshwater and salt water).


Also called a lagoon or marsh.