Biology 2010 Student Edition

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 9780133669510
ISBN 13: 978-0-13366-951-0

Chapter 3, The Biosphere - 3.1 - What is Ecology? - 3.1 Assessment - Page 68: 2b

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Biotic factors are organisms that rely on the environment for shelter as well as specific weather patterns for their niche. The environment and the weather are abiotic; therefore, they are nonliving. Biotic factors are living factors, while abiotic factors are nonliving factors, and although they are different, they both can affect the ecosystem.

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