Which statement best illustrates a biotic or an abiotic factor that is often found in a city park?

Abiotic factors are nonliving parts of an environment, while biotic factors are living or once-living things. Rocks have never been alive, so they are abiotic. Decaying leaves were once living, and water and oxygen are nonliving, making choices A, C, and D incorrect.

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