Question
In what way, the biotic components of an ecosystem are different from abiotic components?
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Answer
Difference between Biotic and Abiotic:
| Biotic | Abiotic | |
| (a) | Biotic is referred to all living parts of an ecosystem. | Abiotic is referred to all nonliving parts of an ecosystem. |
| (b) | Biotic factors depend on abiotic factors to survive for their survival. | Abiotic factors don’t rely on the biotic factors for their survival. |
| (c) | Directly or indirectly affect the individual species, community, biosphere, the population of species and ecosystem. | Affect the survival of individual species, community, biosphere, the population of species and ecosystem. |
| (d) | Obtained directly from the biosphere and are capable of reproduction. | Obtained directly from the lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. |
| (e) | The measurement is often subjective. | The measurement is often objective. |
| (f) | Involved in determining the total number of living things, directly or indirectly affecting the organisms in the environment. | Involved in determining the total number and different types and of organisms existing in the environment. |
| (g) | Have an ability to adapt to changes in the environment. | Unable to adapt to changes in the environment. |
| (h) | Resources include forests, animals, plants, fungi, bacteria and more. | Resources include land, fossil fuels, water and more. |
| (i) | Renewable resource of energy. | Non-renewable resource of energy. |
| (j) | Few examples of biotic factors are all living things including, animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, etc. | Few examples of abiotic factors are sunlight, air, climate, temperature, moisture minerals, soil and more. |
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