Which of the following about abiotic factors in ecosystems is true?
a. abiotic factors in healthy ecosystems are not in balance.
b. abiotic factors are located in the soil of ecosystems only.
c. abiotic factors are part of a dynamic system.
d. abiotic factors in ecosystems are used up by the living components.

the potatoes have high sugar concentrations and although these potatoes were different we could seethe effects that their sugar concentrations had in different environments. for example, the potatoes in sample a, were placed in pure water. this created a hypertonic environment and caused the potatoes to draw in water from its surroundings. we saw the opposite happen with the potatoes in sample b when placed in the sodium chloride solution. the potatoes in this case were in a hypotonic solution and therefore lost water to their surroundings.