Biotic vs. Abiotic
Living things in an ecosystem are called this.
What are biotic factors?
One single living organism.
What is an organism?
When one animal eats another.
What is predation?
Organisms that make their own food.
What are producers?
Name ONE biotic and ONE abiotic factor in a desert.
(Answers vary)
Sunlight, water, and temperature are examples of this.
What are abiotic factors?
A group of the same species living together.
What is a population?
When two organisms compete for resources.
What is competition?
Animals that eat plants or other animals.
What are consumers?
What level is a group of deer in a forest?
What is a population?
Is a mushroom biotic or abiotic?
What is biotic?
Different populations living together.
What is a community?
A relationship where both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
Organisms that break down dead matter.
What are decomposers?
What level includes trees, animals, water, and soil?
What is an ecosystem?
Name TWO abiotic factors.
Examples: sunlight, water, air, temperature, soil
Living and nonliving things interacting.
What is an ecosystem?
A relationship where one benefits and one is harmed.
What is parasitism?
A rabbit is this type of consumer.
What is a herbivore?
Explain the difference between community and ecosystem.
Community = living only
Ecosystem = living + nonliving
True or False: A dead tree is biotic.
What is True?
All ecosystems on Earth combined.
What is the biosphere?
A relationship where one benefits and the other is not affected.
What is commensalism?
A bear that eats plants and animals is this.
What is an omnivore?
Why are decomposers important?
They recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem