8th grade Abiotic/Biotic Factor Notes

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Biology

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8th Grade

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Felicia Powers

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9 Slides • 37 Questions

Turn to page 24 and 25 in you Life Booklet.

This is an individual assignment. The question slides are on a timer. The Quizizz lesson is due at the end of class.

Complete the chart. Remember, the prefix bio means life.

Match

Match the following

Biotic

Abiotic

Ecosystem

living things

Nonliving things

the relationship between living and nonliving parts of the environment

Multiple Choice

Is a weather an abiotic or biotic factor?

abiotic

biotic

Multiple Choice

Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor?

abiotic

biotic

Complete the chart. HINT: Biotic factors has 4 and Abiotic has 4

Multiple Choice

A cactus

Biotic factor

Abiotic factor

Multiple Choice

Limited food

Biotic factor

Abiotic factor

Multiple Choice

Air

Biotic factor

Abiotic factor

Multiple Choice

A zebra skeleton

Biotic factor

Abiotic factor

Multiple Choice

Soil or dirt

Biotic factor

Abiotic factor

Doesn't depend on the amount of organisms. For example, natural disasters and weather

Does depend on the amount of organisms. For example, competition, predation, food, shelter, disease.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a density-dependent factor?

Drought

Tornado

Temperature

Competition

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a density-dependent factor?

Lightening

Earthquake

Predation

Floods

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a density-independent factor?

Disease

Competition

Floods

Predation

Multiple Choice

Factors that keep the number of organisms from growing too large

Biotic factors

Abiotic factors

Limiting Factors

Carrying Capacity

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a density-independent factor?

Wildfire

Food supply

Disease

Competition

Complete the chart. HINT: 3 Dependent and 3 Independent

Dependent Competition

Independent Natural Disaster

Open Ended

What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?

Type response here

Open Ended

Describe what density dependent factors depend on.

Type response here

Open Ended

Name 2 examples of density independent factors.

Type response here

Use page 20-23 to help you with the next set of questions.

Multiple Choice

Energy pyramids show the amount of energy in different trophic levels in an ecosystem. The diagram shows a simplified energy pyramid for the Florida Everglades. Which level contains the most energy?

Grass

Gray fox

Marsh rabbit

Florida panther

Multiple Choice

In the food web provided, which organism is considered an omnivore?

Grasshopper

Frog

Mouse

Hawk

Multiple Choice

Organisms that transform energy from the Sun and use carbon dioxide and water to make food

Producers

Decomposers

Photosynthesis

Consumers

Multiple Choice

Organism that obtains energy by eating only plants

Herbivore

Producer

Carnivore

Omnivore

Multiple Choice

Which organism is the primary consumer?

Phytoplankton

Gulls and terms

osprey

herbivorous duck

Multiple Choice

Maggots feed on dead and decaying organisms for energy. What are maggots?

autotrophs

producers

decomposers

heterotrophs

Multiple Choice

What kind of relationship is shown in this image?

parasitism

commensalism

mutualism

Multiple Choice

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

parasitism

commensalism

mutualism

predation

Multiple Choice

Behavior of one animal feeding on another

predation

competiton

mutualism

parasitism

Multiple Choice

Ticks feed on deer blood with harms the deer.

Mutualism

Commensalism

Parasitism

Use page 14-19 to help you with the next set of questions.

Multiple Choice

The end result of mitosis is

4 Identical Cells are produced

4 genetically different cells are produced

2 identical cells are produced

2 genetically different cells are produced

Multiple Choice

The end result of meiosis is...

4 identical cells

4 genetically different cells

2 identical cells

2 genetically different cells

Multiple Choice

Paul fell off his skateboard and scraped his knee. Which cell process is going to be used to heal the wound?

Mitosis

Meiosis

The wound would not heal

Cell diffusion

Multiple Choice

forms gametes

Mitosis

Meiosis

Both

Multiple Choice

What do we use pedigrees for?

To look at families

To make determinations about the offspring

To track traits in families

Nothing

Multiple Choice

What do half colored symbols represent?

The individual is a carrier (heterozygous).

The individual expresses the trait.

The individual has both recessive alleles.

The individual has both dominant alleles.

Fill in the Blanks

If a trait is expressed in a chart they will

Type answer...

the symbol.

Fill in the Blanks

How many offspring were produced by the first generation?

Type answer...

Multiple Choice

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

Multiple Choice

Which of the characteristics is a lion least likely to pass on to its offspring?

fur color

length of tail

scars on leg

body size

Multiple Choice

Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed? (HINT: SET UP A PUNNETT SQUARE. This question is worth 5 points.)

0 %

25%

50%

75%

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