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How do ecosystems function? (Select all that apply.)
1.Abiotic factors depend on biotic factors for food, shelter, protection, and reproduction.
2.Biotic factors are dependent on abiotic factors for food and protection.
3.Abiotic factors affect the type and number of organisms that live in a particular ecosystem.
4.Biotic factors depend on each other for food, shelter, protection, and reproduction.

Answer 1

2.Biotic factors are dependent on abiotic factors for food and protection.

3.Abiotic factors affect the type and number of organisms that live in a particular ecosystem.

Step-by-step explanation:

An ecosystem is an environment that contains both living and non-living parts that actively interacts together.

The living part of the ecosystem is the biotic factors and the non-living parts are the abiotic factors.

• The biotic components actively depends on the abiotic component for nourishment.
• This is exemplified through the process of photosynthesis.
• Also, the shelter of organisms are derived from the abiotic factors.
• The abiotic factors have significant impact on the type and number of organisms that live in an ecosystem.