Classify each of the following as biotic or abiotic: water, bacteria, rock, deer, sunlight, fungi.

Biotic: bacteria, deer, fungi. Abiotic: water, rock, sunlight.

Explain how decomposers interact with both biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem.

Decomposers break down dead biotic material (plants and animals) and release nutrients back into the abiotic environment (soil, water).

Grade 6th Grade · Science · 30 min· 6.ls.4

I can differentiate between biotic and abiotic components in an ecosystem.

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What is an Ecosystem? | Populations, Communities, Abiotic & Biotic Factors

3 key concepts

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A population includes all the members of one species that live in the same area and can reproduce.
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An ecosystem is made up of living, biotic, and non-living, abiotic, things in an area.
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Producers, like plants, make their own food, while consumers depend on other organisms for food; decomposers break down dead organisms.

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“Give two examples each of biotic and abiotic components found in a forest ecosystem.”

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