Consider what you know about biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. What is one of the reasons that nutrients in a vegetable patch might be considered abiotic?(1 point)

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Available nutrients affect the carrying capacity of garden plants.
Available nutrients affect the carrying capacity of garden plants.

Nutrient levels can change with changing ecosystems.
Nutrient levels can change with changing ecosystems.

Nutrients can come from dead plants which have decomposed.
Nutrients can come from dead plants which have decomposed.

Nutrients are mostly obtained from the soil.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

Nutrients are mostly obtained from the soil.

This response highlights that nutrients, considered abiotic factors, primarily come from non-living components of the environment, such as the soil, rather than from living organisms.