Environmental factors are variables or parameters that affect the local environment and its various constituents. We can classify these environmental factors as either biotic or abiotic, depending upon their nature. Any environmental factor which is not biological in nature (that is, not a living organism or was once a living organism), is known as an abiotic factor. These factors include, sunlight, temperature, humidity, rainfall, nutrients, wind, soil type, etc. In comparison, biotic factors are the...
Environmental factors are variables or parameters that affect the local environment and its various constituents. We can classify these environmental factors as either biotic or abiotic, depending upon their nature. Any environmental factor which is not biological in nature (that is, not a living organism or was once a living organism), is known as an abiotic factor. These factors include, sunlight, temperature, humidity, rainfall, nutrients, wind, soil type, etc. In comparison, biotic factors are the organisms living in a particular area and include plants, animals, etc.
Since, the temperature of the air is not a living organism, we can term it as an abiotic environmental factor. Air temperature, along with other abiotic factors, is not constant and keeps on changing and continually affects the biotic factors in a given region.
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