Stimulated by the action of the ions on its receptors, the pump transports them in opposite directions against their concentration gradients. ... The sodium-potassium pump carries out a form of active transport—that is, its pumping of ions against their gradients requires the addition of energy from an outside source.
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1)Biotic factors are the living components of an ecosystem. These include living animals, plants, and microscopic organisms like bacteria.
Abiotic factors are the non-living components of an ecosystem. ... Biotic and abiotic factors both influence each other.