Abiotic and Biotic Factors

Question 1

Abiotic factors

Answer 1

A non-living factor of the environment

Question 2

Biotic factor

Answer 2

A living factor of the environment

Question 3

Ecosystems have three main components

Answer 3

1 physical surroundings
2 living organisms
3 living and non- living factors that make up the environment

Question 4

What are the 6 main abiotic factors

Answer 4

Water 
Temperature 
Fire 
Light
Soil type
Gas levels

Question 5

What are the 6 biotic factors

Answer 5

Competition
Predation 
Mutualism 
Symbiosis
Commensalism 
Parasitism

Question 6

What are the 2 factors that influence organisms

Answer 6

Abiotic and biotic factors

Question 7

Adaptations

Answer 7

Any feature of behaviour of a plant or animal the helps it survive and reproduce in a particular way.

Question 8

Competition

Answer 8

When 2 or more organisms rely on the same environment resource

Question 9

Predation

Answer 9

Behaviour of one animal feeding on another

Question 10

Symbiosis

Answer 10

The close relationship of 2 dissimilar organisms

Question 11

Mutualism

Answer 11

A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit

Question 12

Commensalism

Answer 12

A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and one does not benefit but is unharmed

Question 13

Parasitism

Answer 13

A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and one is harmed

Question 14

Water- one way in which this factor can affect living organisms.

Answer 14

Water is essential for the chemical reactions in the cells of living things

Question 15

Temperature- one way in which this factor can affect living organisms.

Answer 15

Heat affects the speed of chemical reactions in the cells. As the temperature increases the rate of reaction increases.

Question 16

Fire- one way in which this factor can affect living organisms.

Answer 16

Some plants flower better after a fire and some drop their seeds.

Question 17

Light- one way in which this factor can affect living organisms.

Answer 17

Light is necessary for photosynthesis, the process by which plants manufacture their food materials.

Question 18

Soil type- one way in which this factor can affect living organisms.

Answer 18

Some have more nutrients for example manure and some soils hold water better than others.

Question 19

Gas levels- one way in which this factor can affect living organisms.

Answer 19

Most organisms require oxygen for respiration. There usually enough in the air for organisms but the amount in water can change

Question 20

What are the tree types of adaptations

Answer 20

Structural
Behavioural
Functional

Question 21

Structural adaptations

Answer 21

A structural adaptations is a body part that helps an organism to survive

Question 22

Behavioural adaptations

Answer 22

Behavioural adaptation is a feature is a feature of an organisms habitat, actions or way of life that helps it.

Question 23

Functional adaptations

Answer 23

A functional adaptations is a feature of the way an organisms body works.

Question 24

Ecosystem

Answer 24

A place where organisms and their physical surroundings from a balanced environment that is different from others near by.