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Which factor impacting the marine environment is considered abiotic?


Competition between species

Increased predation

Overfishing by humans

Sediment from runoff

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kaivalyashenoy

the answer is sediment from runoff
abiotic means devoid of life.

Answer:

Sediment from runoff.

Explanation:

  • The factors that affect marine life can be either biotic or abiotic.
  • The biotic factors are the factors that constitute the involvement of the living organism such as plants, animals, etc.
  • The abiotic factors include nonliving things such as sunlight, rocks, sands, etc.
  • from the given options it is clear that only the sediments from runoff are an abiotic factor.

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