Biotic and Abiotic Components
Biotic and Abiotic Components: Overview
In this topic, we will learn about biotic components which are living components such as plants, animals, etc. It also briefs on abiotic components, which are nonliving components, such as soil, rock, etc.
Important Questions on Biotic and Abiotic Components
_____ are those species that depend on dead and decaying matter for food.
_____ (producers/consumers) are those species that depend on plants for food directly or indirectly.
_____ are those species that can prepare their own food from simple inorganic substances. For example: plants.
Give two examples of biotic components.
Looking at the table, name the creatures that eat both plant food and the flesh of other creatures.
| S. No | Name of creatures | Food |
| 1 | Buffalo | Grass, grain, straw etc. |
| 2 | Cat | Meat, rat, etc. |
| 3 | Rat/mouse | Fruits and nuts, meats |
| 4 | Crow | Insects, seeds, grains, nuts, fruit, meat, etc. |
| 5 | Goat | Grasses, weeds, grain. |
| 6 | Spider | Insects |
| 7 | Tiger | Other animals |
| 8 | Hen | Fruits, vegetables, grains, insects |
| 9 | Vulture | Dead animals |
| 10 | Lizard | Insects and small animals |
| 11 | Bed bug | Blood of other mammals |
| 12 | Worms | Decaying plant and animal matter from the soil |
| 13 | Monkey | Nuts, fruits, seeds, bird's eggs, insects |
| 14 | Dog | Meat, fish, vegetables and rice |
| 15 | Man | Meat, nuts, fruits, eggs, vegetables, seeds, etc. |
| 16 | Honey bee | Nectar |
| 17 | Mosquito | Blood, plant nectar |
Complete the analogy.
Plants : Producers :: Animals : _____
Bacteria and fungi are microbes that are present on dead remains of organism and organic substances to degrade into simpler inorganic substances, so bacteria and fungi are called _____.
Write the names and examples of the abiotic components of the ecosystem.
Dead plants and animals are abiotic components.
The biotic components of natural environment is:
Which one of the following is not a consumer?
When biotic components of an ecosystem die and decay, their products become abiotic components.
