Biotic factors, as well as abiotic factors, have more to do with how those parts of an ecosystem affect one another than the specific living or non-living thing itself. Biotic factors in an ecosystem are the living things that affect other living things in that ecosystem. read more
Abiotic factors refer to non-living physical and chemical elements in the ecosystem. Abiotic resources are usually obtained from the lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Examples of abiotic factors are water, air, soil, sunlight, and minerals. read more
Biotic factors are anything within the biome that is living, because abiotic is anything non living like temperature and rainfall. read more