What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?

Question

What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?

Answer 1

abiotic is non-living so like rocks. Biotic is living so like trees, grass etc.

Answer 2

abiotic refers to nonliving factors such as minerals, weather, water, etc.

biotic refers to living factors ranging from microorganisms to top predators.

any time you see an a in front of a word it means not.  In this case abiotic = not living.

Answer 3

Abiotic factors are nonliving: temperature, altitude, latitude, salinity, pH, and so on.

Biotic factors are living: predators, poachers, bacterial infection, prey or plant food shortage, poisonous plants, impenetrable underbrush, mate location, rivals or competitors, and so on.