difference between Biotic and Abiotic..?
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Abiotic factors refer to non-living physical and chemical elements in the ecosystem. ... Examples of abiotic factors are water, air, soil, sunlight, and minerals.
Biotic factors are living or once-living organisms in the ecosystem. These are obtained from the biosphere and are capable of reproduction.
Answer:
Biotic ResourcesAbiotic Resources
Definition
Biotic factors include all the living components present in an ecosystemAbiotic factors refer to all the non-living, i.e. physical conditions and chemical factors that influence an ecosystem
Examples
Examples of biotic resources include all flora and faunaExamples of abiotic factors include sunlight, water, air, humidity, pH, temperature, salinity, precipitation, altitude, type of soil, minerals, wind, dissolved oxygen, mineral nutrients present in the soil, air and water, etc.
Dependence
Biotic factors depend on abiotic factors for survival and reproductionAbiotic factors are completely independent of biotic factors
Origin
Biotic components originate from the biosphereAbiotic components originate from the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere