Organisms eat plants, which is comprised of carbohydrates; those carbohydrates come from Carbon<span> dioxide in the atmosphere. Thus, an abiotic factor (</span>carbon<span>dioxide) helps create a </span>biotic<span> factor (the plants made out of carbohydrates).</span>
Endotherms, such as birds and mammals, use metabolic heat to maintain a stable internal temperature, often one different from the environment. Ectotherms, like lizards and snakes, do not use metabolic heat to maintain their body temperature but take on the temperature of the environment.
The addition of acetyl groups to histones is associated with chromatin condensation and and higher levels of gene expression
One function is to attract pollinators