How Do You Identify Biotic Factors Of An Ecosystem?
An ecosystem is the collective biological components that occur in a particular location as well as the non-living, or abiotic, components found in the area. Biotic components are the living organism found in an ecosystem. An ecosystem can be natural or artificial. An example of a natural ecosystem is the ocean. The plants and animals are biotic components of an ocean ecosystem while the sand, rocks, and saltwater are abiotic components. An example of an artificial ecosystem is a cornfield, where corn and mice are the biotic components and rocks and soil are the abiotic components. Determine whether the component of the ecosystem grows. This is an effective way to identify biotic factors of an ecosystem. Sometimes living organisms can be mistakenly identified as rocks or other non-living abiotic components of an ecosystem. An example is coral. Coral is a living organism, and it grows like one as well. Even though coral looks like a rock, it grows and therefore is a biotic component of
