The term that describes living factors in the environment is?

• A. Biotic
• B. Abiotic
• C. Matter in Ecosystems
• D. Energy in Ecosystems

Answer: (A)

In ecology, factors in the environment are divided into living and non-living parts, and the term for the living components is biotic. Biotic includes all organisms and their interactions—plants, animals, fungi, bacteria—and how they affect each other and the environment through processes like predation, decomposition, competition, and symbiosis. Abiotic refers to non-living features such as temperature, rainfall, soil chemistry, and sunlight, which influence living things but are not themselves living. Matter in ecosystems and energy in ecosystems describe what substances and energy flow exist within a system, not the living components themselves.