What is biotic?

Biotic means living things, like plants, animals, and even tiny bugs you can’t see without a magnifying glass.

Imagine your favorite toy box. It's full of biotic stuff if it has toys that move or grow, like a plush dog that wags its tail or a plant that sprouts from a seed. A real-life example is the grass in your backyard, it’s biotic because it lives and grows.

• Plants: They drink water and make their own food using sunlight.
• Animals: Like you! You eat, grow, and move around.
• Microbes: Tiny living things like bacteria that help your body stay healthy, even though you can’t see them.

If something is not biotic, it’s called abiotic. That means it doesn't live or grow. Like the rocks in your sandbox or the water from the hose, they’re fun to play with, but they don’t wiggle or bloom like flowers do.Biotic means living things, like plants, animals, and even tiny bugs you can’t see without a magnifying glass.

Imagine your favorite toy box. It's full of biotic stuff if it has toys that move or grow, like a plush dog that wags its tail or a plant that sprouts from a seed. A real-life example is the grass in your backyard, it’s biotic because it lives and grows.