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Which statement best illustrates a biotic or an abiotic factor that is often found in a city park?
Decaying leaves are an abiotic factor because they are living.
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.
Oxygen is a biotic factor, because it is required for life and found in all living things.

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"Rocks are an abiotic factor because they have never been alive." is the best statement.

Brief why: Abiotic factors are nonliving physical or chemical parts of an environment (rock, water, sunlight, soil). Decaying leaves are considered biotic (once-living organic matter), water and oxygen are abiotic (nonliving), so options A, C, and D are incorrect.