Question

Which of the following is an abiotic resource?
a. Vegetation
b. Man
c. Animal
d. Land

Answer 1

Hint: There are two types of components called biotic components and abiotic components. The biotic components include those which have life and the abiotic components are those which do not have life in them.

Complete solution:
The biotic resources can be defined as the components that affect another organism or another creature. In order to maintain the day to day life, these biotic components need a required amount of energy so that they can function on a daily basis. These biotic components are of three types namely producers, consumers, and decomposers. Producers are known as autotrophs, consumers are known as heterotrophs, and decomposers are known as detritivores.

The abiotic components are known as non-living components. They also affect the environment and the ecosystem. Some of the important abiotic factors include atmosphere, chemical element, sunlight, temperature, wind, water, land, rain, soil, humidity, wind, pollution, and radiation. The increase in temperature or pollution affects the environment badly and also leads to disturbing the life of biotic components. The term abiotic is derived from two words namely “A” meaning “ Without” and “bio” meaning life.

Additional Information: The producers or autotrophs are involved in the process of conversion of energy, the consumers called heterotrophs depend on producers for the food, and the decomposers or detritivores are involved in the process of breaking the chemical into smaller forms.

Hence, the correct answer is option d.

Note:
 The human behaviour towards the environment is responsible to determine that both the biotic and abiotic components survive equally and does not challenge the life of any of the two components.