Differentiate between biotic and abiotic components

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Differences between Biotic and abiotic components: Biotic component | Abiotic components ---------------- | ------------------ Living components of environment are known as biotic components.| Non-living components of the environment are known as Abiotic component. Biotic components depend upon abiotic components in various ways.| Abiotic components are independent of biotic components. Examples: Plants, Animals|Example: Temperature, Humidity.

Biotic component	Abiotic components
They are living components of an ecosystem.	They are non-living components of an ecosystem.
They depend upon abiotic components in various ways.	They provide physical conditions and resources needed by biotic components.
They include plants, animals and microbes.	They include air, water, soil and sunlight.

Biology

Differentiate between biotic and abiotic components

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