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Abiotic vs. Biotic Factors worksheet
1.
What is an abiotic factor?
2.
What is a biotic factor?
3. Write whether the following examples are biotic or abiotic factors
*remember – if it was living or once living, we will categorize it as a biotic factor
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q.
r.
Fish _______________________
Water_____________________
Atom______________________
Insects_____________________
Wood______________________
Sea Shell____________________
Dirt________________________
Dog________________________
Worm______________________
Wheat______________________
Pine Tree____________________
Energy______________________
Flower______________________
Dead Animal_________________
Sunlight_____________________
Ice_________________________
Bacteria_____________________
Wind_______________________
4. Identify the abiotic and biotic factors in the picture below
List 3 biotic factors
List 3 abiotic factors
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5. What is carrying capacity? How do abiotic and biotic limit the number of organisms in a population?
6.Describe what happens to the hare population when the lynx population changes.