<span>There are no choices given, but the event was most likely a physical one that would have barred the squirrels from seeing each other. Squirrels are a social creature, and the event that would have separated the populace could have been anything from a large fire to an earthquake that separated the squirrels from each other.</span>
Living things:-
-Living things are made of cells.
-Living things have and use energy.
-Living things grow and develop.
-Living things reproduce.
-Living things respond to their environment.
-Living things adapt to their environment.
The five are costs, availability, safety, content, and byproducts of the fuels use. Hope I helped!
Technically you are able to argue both ends. Biotic factors are living things while abiotic factors are no living things. since the plant was once living, you can argue that it is a biotic factor, however, I would say the dead plant decay would be abiotic because it is not living anymore. I hope that helped!
