Question

Which factor impacting the marine environment is considered abiotic?

Competition between species
Increased predation
Overfishing by humans
Sediment from runoff

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

Sediment from runoff.

Step-by-step 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.