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Is the pH of soil biotic or abiotic?

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The [math]pH[/math] of garden soil is round about [math]7[/math] … Some plants prefer a SLIGHTLY acidic soil, for instance tomatoes, and some plants, e.g. legumes, lettuces, prefer an alkaline soil, i.e. [math]pH>7[/math]

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The biotic factors depend on the abiotic factors. Abiotic factors include such things as air, water, and soil nutrients. Plants and animals cannot live without these.

The abiotic factors are not alive, so they do not “depend” on the biotic factors. However, biotic factors (living organisms) are important actors in the biogeochemical cycles of many non-living elements. For example, carbon cycles between living things and the non-living atmosphere. This happens because plants can fix carbon from carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and then become food for non-plant organisms. These organisms digest the sugars and starches in plants for energy and release the carbon back to the atmosphere. Many other elements (N,S,P, Fe, and more) cycle back and forth between the abiotic and biotic portions of the environment.

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