Explanation:
Complete question:
a.) Decaying leaves are an abiotic factor because they are not 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.
option b is correct: b.) Rocks are an abiotic factor because they have never been alive.
An environment's biology includes both non-living, abiotic factors like atmosphere, water, soil, sunlight and temperature; and biotic factors which are living components of the ecosystem like plants, fungi, bacteria and animals. These factors interact within a community, and lead to a gradual change of an ecosystem over time.
Further Explanation:
The rock, is an abiotic component, made up of minerals or mineralized components; it is incapable of the mechanisms of growth, respiration, locomotion, excretion or reproduction that characterize living things.
a.) Decaying leaves are an abiotic factor because they are not living.
- decay of plant matter involves biotic decomposers such as bacteria and fungi capable of all
c.) Water in ponds is a biotic factor, because it provides a habitat for living things.
- water, an abiotic factor, is a fluid comprised of molecules of dihydrogen monoxide
d.) Oxygen is a biotic factor, because it is required for life and found in all living things.
- oxygen is an inorganic gas that makes up the atmosphere, thus it is abiotic
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