abiotic
Non-living. Abiotic factors in an environment include such items as sunlight, temperature, wind patterns, and precipitation, for example.
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decomposition
Natural, ecological process in which organic material is broken down into simpler substances which may then be used by other organisms. Typically biotic and carried out by microbes, worms, and other organisms but can also be abiotic and occur via chemical or physical processes such as oxidation or hydrolysis.
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