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)

Responses

Nutrients are mostly obtained from the soil.
Nutrients are mostly obtained from the soil.

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 are considered abiotic because they are not living organisms, but rather essential elements and compounds that are necessary for the growth and development of plants in the vegetable patch.