Biotic and Abiotic factors

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What are biotic factors?

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Biotic factors are the living components of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms.

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What are abiotic factors?

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Abiotic factors are the non-living components of an ecosystem, including sunlight, water, temperature, soil, and air.

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Is a mushroom a biotic or abiotic factor?

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Biotic factor.

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Is a water bottle a biotic or abiotic factor?

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Abiotic factor.

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Is wind a biotic or abiotic factor?

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Abiotic factor.

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Which of the following is an abiotic factor that plants depend on? Nutrients in the soil, seed-eating birds, insect pollinators, ants building their nests in trees.

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Nutrients in the soil.

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Is soil a biotic or abiotic factor?

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Abiotic factor.

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Give an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem.

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Examples include plants, animals, and bacteria.

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Give an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem.

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Examples include sunlight, water, and temperature.

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How do biotic and abiotic factors interact in an ecosystem?

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Biotic factors depend on abiotic factors for survival; for example, plants (biotic) need sunlight and water (abiotic) to grow.