Needs from non-living things
Sunlight, air, water and soil.
What plants need
A plant needs many things to live and grow.
Which non-living things does a plant need to make food?
What this lesson covers
The idea
Living organisms depend on abiotic components: plants need sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce food and soil for medium and nutrients; air supplies oxygen for respiration; and water is essential for all organisms.
What plants need
A plant needs many things to live and grow.
Which non-living things does a plant need to make food?
- Sunlight, carbon dioxide and water
- Only soil
- Only air
Who needs what
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Depending on abiotic components
Living organisms depend on the non-living parts of an ecosystem. Sunlight, carbon dioxide and water are essential for plants to produce food. Soil provides a medium and nutrients for plant growth. Air provides oxygen for respiration in plants and animals. Water is essential for all living organisms.
Plants need sunlight, carbon dioxide and water for food. Soil: medium and nutrients. Air: oxygen for respiration. Water: essential for all organisms.
Notes
Living things depend on abiotic components: sunlight, CO₂, water, soil, air.
Check yourself
Plants need which of these to produce food?
Soil provides plants with …
Air supplies …
Which abiotic component is essential for all living organisms?
- Sunlight, carbon dioxide and water — correct. Yes!
- Only soil. Soil is a medium and gives nutrients, but food needs sunlight, carbon dioxide and water.
- Only oxygen. Plants need sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce food.
- sunlight. Soil does not provide sunlight.
- a medium to grow in and nutrients — correct. Yes!
- carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide comes from the air.
- water for photosynthesis. Air supplies oxygen for respiration.
- soil nutrients. Air supplies oxygen for respiration.
- oxygen for respiration — correct. Yes!
- Water — correct. Yes!
- Sunlight only. Water is essential for all organisms.
- A tree. A tree is living, not abiotic.