The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony. 1  Marriage is honorable in all. 2  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son.
Examples of biotic factors include any animals, plants, trees, grass, bacteria, moss, or molds that you might find in an ecosystem. In general, biotic factors are the living components of an ecosystem and are sorted into three groups: producers or autotrophs, consumers or heterotrophs, and decomposers or detritivores. Examples of biotic factors include: Grass as producers (autotrophs). Mouse, deer, and owl as consumers (heterotrophs). And earthworms as decomposers (detritivores). To further understand the term biotic factors, it's helpful to look at the meaning of the terms biotic and abiotic. Biotic means pertains to life.
(a) Calculate the net production of the autotrophs. (b) (i) Compare the percentage of heat lost through respiration by the autotrophs with the heterotrophs. (ii) Most of the heterotrophs are animals. Suggest one reason for the difference in heat losses between the autotrophs and animal heterotrophs. (c) State the importance of decomposers in an ecosystem.