Chapter 2.1, Problem 5MI

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The sequence of biotic and abiotic factors in each square.

Introduction:

The environment of an organism is a complex of chemical factors, physical factors, and other natural forces that have an influence on a biological community or an organism. These environmental factors can be broadly divided into two types: biotic and abiotic.

Explanation of Solution

Biotic factors are those environmental factors, which are related to the living beings of that reason. In an ecosystem, all the organisms including bacteria, fungi, protist, plants and animals together make up biotic factors.

Abiotic factors are those nonliving environmental conditions, which influences the survivability of the organism or the biotic factors. There are 6 main abiotic factors that directly influences the survivability and growth of the organism, these are sunlight, chemical compositions, soil composition, temperature, wind, and water.

Hence, the given conditions can be labelled as biotic or abiotic as follows: