we all know that biotic resources r living components and the abiotic r non living components . in my book it is written dat coal is a biotic resource and iron ore is abiotic !!!! plzzzz explain how is dat possible . coal is not a living component of nature ???? do reply right now
2006-07-01 01:57:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Biotic material is any natural material that originated from living organisms. As I'm sure you know, coal comes from living creatures that have been crushed over the corse of millions of years. The key to understanding the difference is in the origins and the exact meanings of the terms. Biotic resource are resources that have living things as their source, though they may not be alive any more. Abiotic resources are ones which have their sources in non-organic roots, such as rock.
2006-07-01 02:02:58 · answer #1 · answered by Foxie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Biotic can also refer to the fact that it was created by a living process or came from a living component, hence coal and oil can be considered biotic.
2006-07-01 09:00:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coal is a biotic resource as it is formed from dead remains of living organisms whereas iron ore has no such origin.
abiotic resources are those which have no life and also donot have any living origin, whereas the biotic resources are those which have may or may not have life but they do have a biotic origin!
2006-07-01 09:01:40 · answer #3 · answered by katrina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see it takes millions of years for coal formation. Coal is formed from dead trees which fell millions of years ago and tees are of biotic origin. Hence we call coal also biotic.Remember one main thing coal is formed only from trees and not from any other living body.
2006-07-01 09:23:25 · answer #4 · answered by Akshayan H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coal is compressed plant mater,it starts out as plants and trees.Then becomes peat,then over millions of years of compression from gravity and top soil weight it becomes coal.It was once living organic tissue.Coal is not dead animals,it is dead plants.Oil is dead animals.It is not organisms either,what are they teaching you kids in school.? I worked in a coal mine for 3 years,its dead plants,read a book!
2006-07-01 09:02:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coal is formed from the fossil remains of living things. Iron ore isn't
2006-07-01 09:00:22 · answer #6 · answered by Vermin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coal is made from dead remains of plant and animals brried for millions of years maybe that's why...
iron ore is abiotic because iron is found naturally and it doesnt constitue any dead animals or plant
2006-07-01 09:02:09 · answer #7 · answered by thegirlgenius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coal has Carbon in it, and all living things are made up of Carbon.
2006-07-01 19:24:53 · answer #8 · answered by Emoly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coal is subliminous and there cannot be fusupluoius without engaging morphomorphous.
2006-07-01 09:00:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must get so many headaches
2006-07-01 08:59:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋