<span>The correct answer is A. atoms. Atoms are studied by physics and chemistry, not by ecology. Ecology studies organisms, populations, and the earth in terms of climate, pollution prevention, natural habitats and biomes, and all kinds of similar things that are related to living on earth. Atoms are irrelevant for the study of ecology.</span>
The possible answers are
1. Abiotic environmental
2.Biotic environmental
3.Genetic
<span>4.Pathogenic
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The correct answer is 2.
There are two groups of environmental factors, the abiotic factors like temperature and biotic factors that refer to the effects that living beings have on each other.
<span>The flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus is a living organism affecting another organism by attacking its healthy flesh, therefore this effect is classified as a biotic environmental factor.</span>
