Question

which statement best illustrates a biotic or an abiotic factor that is often found in a city park? rocks are an abiotic factor because they have never been alive. water in ponds is a biotic factor, because it provides a habitat for living things.

Explanation:

• Biotic factors are living or once - living things. Abiotic factors are non - living things.
• Rocks have never been alive, so they are abiotic.
• Water is non - living, so it is an abiotic factor (even though it provides a habitat for living things, its nature as a non - living substance makes it abiotic).

Answer:

Rocks are an abiotic factor because they have never been alive.