EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Biotic factors are things that effect LIVING organisms. Like deer, fish, lions, tigers, bears, and anything else you can think of that’s living. We can have producers, like plants, sunflowers, trees, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -White-tailed deer are a biotic filter during community assembly, reducing species and phylogenetic diversity.

Detailed explanation-3: -The biotic factors affecting the deer’s population include human conservation measures, building a highway, the influx of cougars, diseases, and deforestation, while the abiotic factors are temperature, water, rocks, soils, acidity, and humidity.

Detailed explanation-4: -A biotic factor is a living organism that shapes its environment. In a freshwater ecosystem, examples might include aquatic plants, fish, amphibians, and algae.