Abiotic or Biotic
Vocabulary
Food chain
The 5 kingdoms
cell structure
100

Is it biotic or abiotic? 

an earth worm

biotic

100

What is a community of biotic and abiotic factors called? Here living things interact with each other and also with non-living things like soil, water and air. This has many living things and can be small (like a backyard) or large (like an ocean).

an ecosystem

100

Put this food chain in order:

 hawks - nuts - squirrels

Nuts - squirrels - hawks

100


  • Kingdom of microscopic living things that are one celled (some move)

  • They make their own food or get food from other organisms


Monera

100

Define cell structure

parts of a cell; what a cell is made up of

200

Is it biotic or abiotic? 

an oak tree

biotic

200

What is the order that living things depend on each other for food; it has just one path of energy?

a food chain

200

Put this food chain in order :

fox - rabbit - juniper berries  

Juniper berries - rabbit - fox

200
  • Can make their own food using water and sunlight

  • Can grow almost anywhere

  • Do not move

Plants

200

Where does the cell gets its energy?

Mitochondrion

300

Is it biotic or abiotic? 

a river rock

abiotic

300

What is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things such as a tundra, forests, grasslands, and deserts?

a biome

300

Put this food chain in order: 

caterpillars - leaves -  snakes - birds 

Leaves - caterpillars - birds - snakes

300
  • Cannot make their own food

  • Do not move

  • Can be one celled or many celled

Fungi

300

What is found in plant cells that converts sunlight into energy that plants can use?

Chloroplasts

400

Name 2 examples of something biotic

any named item that is alive, ex tree, flower, bird

400

What is an inherited trait? Give an example 

 physical characteristics that you get from your parents or relatives. 

EX: height, hair color, eye color, facial features

400

Put this food chain in order:

insect - humans - fish  

 Insect - fish - humans

400
  • One celled

  • Have a nucleus

  • Can move around in their environment 

Protist

400

What is the outside protection of a cell?

Cell Wall

500

Name 2 examples of something abiotic

anything not alive in the environment

ex., rock, wind, rain

500

What is a learned trait? Give an example 

behaviors you learn through experience

EX: manners, eating a healthy diet, the way you interact with others

500

Put this food chain in order:

  dandelions - bird - frog - snail - fox

 dandelions - snail - frog- bird - fox

500
  • More than one cell

  • Rely on others for food (eat plants and other animals)

  • Can move

Animal

500

What is the brains of the cell?  It uses chromosomes to instruct the rest of the cell what to do next.

Nucleus