Question

What are the constituents of soil? Classify them as biotic and abiotic constituents.

Answer 1

There are two types of components in the soil namely biotic and abiotic. Former is related to non living materials comprising of rocks and minerals.

Biotic components include dead remains of plants and animals buried in the soil.

Biotic factors play a very important role in the increasing the fertility of the soil by many notches.

They are bound to deliver sterling results to the users in the form of enhanced crop production.

Answer 2

Solution:

The soil is generally composed of organic and inorganic compound, water and air.

Organic components are mainly the living and non living organisms that are generally biotic component.

Inorganic compounds are composed of silt, clay and parts of sand that is usually abiotic component that help in the overall growth of the plant.