What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors affecting an ecosystem?
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Biotic factors are things that are alive or have lived. Ex. a tree, a frog, etc.

Abiotic factors are things that are not alive or have never lived. Ex. gold, a rock, a bicycle, etc.

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