Biotic factors are anything in a ecosystem that is living, was living, or is going to live.
From this we can conclude that the biotic factors are remains of dead organisms and flora and fauna.
Temperature and minerals in the soil are abiotic, meaning they will never live.
Homeostasis: A state of balance reached through reactions within a cell or organism.
Metabolism: The total of all chemical reactions within an organism.
Organism: Any living thing that takes in food, grows, and reproduces.
