AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following has only abiotic factors?
A
Sunlight, algae, and temperature
B
Guppy, crab, oxygen
C
Sunlight, soil, and weather
D
Algae, temperature, and dog
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following includes only abiotic features? (a) air, water, animal waste, soil (b) air, water, soil, grass (c) grass, deer, air, water (d) temperature, wind, light, water. The correct answer is D. Abiotic features came from non-living things or components of the environment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of abiotic factors are water, air, soil, sunlight, and minerals. Biotic factors are living or once-living organisms in the ecosystem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Soil is composed of both biotic-living and once-living things, like plants and insects-and abiotic materials-nonliving factors, like minerals, water, and air.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abiotic factors include water, sunlight, oxygen, soil and temperature.

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