What are abiotic factors in an agricultural ecosystem?

What are abiotic factors in an agricultural ecosystem?

  1. Factors related to the physical environment ✓
  2. Factors related to the living organisms
  3. Factors related to the availability of nutrients
  4. Factors related to the climate and weather

Explanation

Abiotic factors are all the non-living parts of a farm ecosystem. The word abiotic means not alive. These factors include physical and chemical parts of the environment that affect how plants and animals grow.

The physical environment includes sunlight, air, water, soil, rocks, and temperature. These non-living things greatly affect farming. For example, sunlight helps plants make food. Soil type determines what crops can grow. Temperature affects when farmers can plant seeds.

Living organisms are biotic factors, not abiotic. While climate and weather are abiotic, and nutrients can be abiotic, the broadest and most accurate description is factors related to the physical environment.