Compare and contrast the terms living and biotic. in your response, illustrate using examples and appropriate compare-and-contrast vocabulary.

"Living" is referring to everything that is still alive, breathing, functioning. While the term "biotic" includes living things, it also includes things that were once living. Something is not considered living if it was once living, but it can be considered biotic. Living things have to have the five characteristics of life: grows and develops, reproduces, responds to the environment, uses energy, and has cells. Anything can be considered biotic if it is living or was once living.

the principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation, generally involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to test the hypothesis, and development of a conclusion that confirms, rejects, or modifies the hypothesis.