Soil is very alive. It has a lot of living things in it.
nonliving...
Some nonliving things in a rainforest are clouds, rocks, and soil. Soil is not neccesarily nonliving. The nutrients inside of it are living, but soil is not.
Material formed from nonliving matter is soil. Organic dead debris and nonliving debris will break down either naturally or with the help of nature to form new soil.
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abiotic factor
Some nonliving factors are air, water, soil, sand and rocks.
Soil, rocks, sand, gravel, water, air and light are all nonliving (abiotic) factors in the Mojave Desert.
Wind, soil, sun and water.
Stefan, and his family.
light
Nonliving limiting factors are also known as abiotic factors. They include the temperature of the air, the temperature of the soil, sunlight intensity, nutrients in the soil, and the speed of the wind.
Sand, soil, gravel, rocks, water, air - all are abiotic (nonliving) factors in a desert.