Abiotic because biotic is living. So abiotic is the opposite.
Answer: The means for transmission of disease-causing microorganism is provided by the direct or indirect contact.
Microorganisms can cause disease only once they are transferred to the body. The disease causing microorganisms are termed as pathogens which are transmitted by several ways such as from skin to skin, by nuclei droplets, through blood and body fluids or via air. In vector transmissions the disease is carried by the parasitic insects via animals, air borne transmission occurs when microorganisms move through air or the dust particles, droplet transmission occurs by coughing, sneezing or talking by the person who is infected while indirect transmission occurs by physical contact or by touching contaminated objects.
The answer is A It protects the seed until it matures.
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The similarity in the arrangement and structure exists mostly with the quads because we, just like cats, need to be able to flex and extend them so we need a lot of strength in them.