Which statement best illustrates a biotic or an abiotic factor that is often found in a city park? decaying leaves are an abiotic factor because they are not living. rocks are an abiotic factor because they have never been alive. water in ponds is a biotic factor, because it provides a habitat for living things. oxygen is a biotic factor, because it is required for life and found in all living things.

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foliated

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foliation forms in a rock when pressure squeezes the rock together. the rock then has a design of many different color little lines. there are three types of foliated rock. the types are slate, schist, and gneiss. each type of foliated rock is different based on grain size and foliation characteristics. the lines appear when the rock has been under pressure.

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the answer to the blank provided is “an autosomal gene that is required for the expression of genes on the x chromosome”.

testis-determining factor, abbreviated as td, which is more popularly known as sex-determining region y or sry protein, is a dna-binding protein or  gene-regulatory protein/transcription factor, encoded by the  sry gene. it is the gene responsible for the initiation of male gender determination in humans.