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Lab: Identifying Nutrients — Unit test

Question 2 • HVA 26-27 IM Biology A

Which statement best illustrates a biotic or an abiotic factor that is often found in a city park?

Answer
A
Decaying leaves are an abiotic factor because they are living.
B
Rocks are an abiotic factor because they have never been alive.
C
Water in ponds is a biotic factor, because it provides a habitat for living things.
D
Oxygen is a biotic factor, because it is required for life and found in all living things.

Explanation

Abiotic factors are nonliving parts of an environment, while biotic factors are living or once-living things. Rocks have never been alive, so they are abiotic. Decaying leaves were once living, and water and oxygen are nonliving, making choices A, C, and D incorrect.

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