Abiotic factors are the nonliving, physical and chemical factors that shape the environment. Abiotic factors include sunlight, temperature, water, soil, carbon dioxide, dissolved oxygen and even ...

Soil, interestingly, is made of both biotic and abiotic factors. The mineral particles, water and air within soil are abiotic. But soil also teems with living organisms, including bacteria, fungi ...

The natural world is a finely-tuned balance of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components that shape our environments. Various biotic factors directly affect processes like population growth, ...