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evaluate whether an object is biotic or abiotic based on the characteristics of living things

evaluate whether an object is biotic or abiotic based on the characteristics of living things. List everything that a cat and a plant have in common. If we’re unsure whether an element is biotic or abiotic , we can use the characteristics of living things to help us out!

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evaluate whether an object is biotic or abiotic based on the characteristics of living things

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  1. evaluate whether an object is biotic or abiotic based on the characteristics of living things

  2. List everything that a cat and a plant have in common.

  3. If we’re unsure whether an element is biotic or abiotic, we can use the characteristics of living things to help us out! • All living things have levels of organization (cells-tissues-organs-organ systems, organisms) • Living things can grow or change • Living things can reproduce • Living things can metabolize (break down food to make energy)

  4. Biotic elements must have ALL characteristics of living things, so if you can’t eliminate one characteristic, check out the others! • Samantha doesn’t know whether the Sun grows over time, but she knows the Sun CANNOT reproduce, so it must be abiotic!

  5. 1. A lynx _____ Is it made of cells? _____ Does it grow or change? _____ Does it reproduce? _____ Can it metabolize? Is this an example of a biotic or an abiotic element?: _______________

  6. 2. A weeping willow tree _____ Is it made of cells? _____ Does it grow or change? _____ Does it reproduce? _____ Can it metabolize? Is this an example of a biotic or an abiotic element?: ________________

  7. List as many biotic and abiotic factors you see, in the chart below.

  8. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: SILENT and INDEPENDENT 2) No questions first 5 minutes (Write them down) 3) When You finish NUMBER 9, go back and review all answers.ONCE ALL ANSWERS ARE checked and edited, put a thumbs up in the air.

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