Abiotic factors in a lake ecosystem include non-living components such as light, temperature, pH of the water and oxygen content. Biotic factors include living components of a lake such as bacteria, phytoplanktons, aquatic plants, zooplankton, crustaceans, molluscs, insects, fish and other vertebrates. Continue Reading.
To become a surgical tech, it's usually only a year. I believe it's a certificate program, not a degree. And I recommend that if you know you want to be in the OR and you want to assist with surgery, go for the surgical tech. Nurses have pretty much been phased out from actually assisting the surgeon.
The Surgical Technology Program at Chattahoochee Technical College prepares students to become qualified surgical technologists, a role vital to operating rooms at hospitals. The diploma level program is 65 credit hours long, taking students three semesters after prerequisites and general education coursework. A clinical rotation at a hospital is a vital part of the educational experience. Graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination.