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question 40: plants, animals, and fungi are examples of ____ components.
a) abiotic
b) biotic
c) chemical
d) inorganic
question 41: soil, air, and light are examples of ____ components of an ecosystem.
a) abiotic
b) biotic
c) living
d) community
Biotic components are living organisms in an ecosystem. Plants, animals, and fungi are living, so they are biotic. Abiotic components are non - living like soil, air, and light. Chemical and inorganic don't specifically categorize living things in an ecosystem context as accurately as biotic. For soil, air, and light, they are non - living parts of the ecosystem, thus abiotic. Living refers to biotic which they are not, and community refers to a group of populations of different species, not these non - living elements.
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Question 40: B. biotic
Question 41: A. abiotic