Question: What is an abiotic factor?

Answer: An abiotic factor refers to something that is non-living or that has never lived. It’s non-cellular and inorganic materials which make up the environment, like gold, a car, plastic, cement, glass.

Question: What is a biotic factor?

Answer: It’s a living organism or an organism that used to be living, like a cat, tree, piece of wood

Question: Is this biotic (B) or abiotic (A):

Sand in the desert

Answer: A

Question: Is this biotic (B) or abiotic (A):

The bacteria in a lake

Answer: B

Question: Is this biotic (B) or abiotic (A):

Pollen from a plant

Answer: B