Help students understand what organisms need to survive and why
competition happens in ecosystems. This TEKS-aligned resource gives
students clear practice identifying biotic and abiotic factors
and explaining how organisms depend on and compete for limited
resources.

What’s Included

• Informarion Gap Exercise

• Short answer Exercise

• Exit tickets

Concepts Covered (TEKS 6.12A)

• Identifying biotic factors
  (food and living resources)

• Identifying abiotic factors
  (light, water, temperature range, soil composition)

• Explaining how organisms and
  populations depend on resources

• Describing competition
  when resources are limited

• Cause-and-effect: how changes
  in abiotic factors can affect populations

How It’s Useful

• Great for ecosystem unit
  introductions and vocabulary building

• Works well for stations,
  partner work, and science notebooks

• Exit tickets provide quick
  formative checks and easy data tracking

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