The term for living components of an environment is

• A. Abiotic factor
• B. Cones
• C. Biotic factor
• D. Ovule

Answer: (C)

Living components of an environment are called biotic factors. These include all organisms—plants, animals, fungi, bacteria—and the interactions among them, such as predation, competition, and symbiosis. Biotic factors work with abiotic factors like temperature, moisture, and soil nutrients to shape ecosystems and influence where species can thrive. The other terms describe nonliving aspects or specific plant structures: abiotic factors are the nonliving conditions, cones are seed-producing structures in conifers, and an ovule is the plant structure that develops into a seed after fertilization. So the living components are biotic factors.