Interaction of Biotic and Abiotic Elements

Which of the following statements does not reflect traditional aboriginal beliefs about their ecosystem?
1. People are not affected by changes in their natural environment
2. Everything is connected through interactions
3. Everything in nature must be treated with respect and used wisely
4. People should waste as little as possible when they use plants or kill animals
Consider the following photo of a butterfly drinking nectar from a garden flower.

Which of the following items in the butterfly's environment is abiotic?
1. Air
2. Garden plant
3. Flower
4. Butterfly
Which of the following statements about ecosystems is true?
1. Ecosystems can be any size
2. An ecosystem consists of only living things
3. A desert cannot support an ecosystem
4. Different animals cannot live in the same ecosystem
There are five basic things most living things need in order to survive. Which choice below is not one of them?
1. A mate
2. Water
3. Food
4. A suitable habitat
Imagine yourself putting on a space suit to take a brief but exciting space walk from one of NASA's space shuttles. Which of the following things will you need your space suit to provide for you?
1. Oxygen
2. Food
3. Sunlight
4. Water
If you could not bring anything with you except the clothes you are wearing, which of the following choices would be the best habitat for you?
1. A tropical island
2. An ice flow
3. A desert
4. An underwater cave
In this video clip, a grizzly bear is busy rummaging in the forest for tasty berries.

The berry shrubs provide the bear with something it needs to survive. In the video the bear is busy using them to satisfy what basic need?
1. Food
2. Habitat
3. Oxygen
4. Water
Think about all of your sources of nutrients. It is difficult to think any sources of nutrients for humans that are abiotic. Which of the following living things gets most of its nutrients from an abiotic source?
1. Tomato plant
2. Ground Squirrel
3. Spider
4. Robin
Some Canadian hummingbirds spend their winters in Mexico. Which choice below do you think would best describe what they are looking for in Mexico?
1. A suitable habitat
2. Sufficient oxygen
3. A better source of water
4. Other species of hummingbirds
Plants need sunlight in order to live and grow. For plants, sunlight provides
1. energy.
2. food.
3. habitat.
4. water.

Interaction of Biotic and Abiotic Elements - Section 1.1 Quiz