The most important biotic factor in this swamp would be the
a. water.
b. plants.
c. sunlight.
d. dissolved oxygen.

The correct answer is B. Plants

Explanation:

To begin with, in an ecosystem, factors can be classified into biotic factors if they are living organisms such as plants or animals or abiotic factors if they are physical or non-living factors. This means, in the case of a swampt the most importan biotic or living factors would be plants due to the prevalaence of aquatic vegetation in this ecosystem but also other such as animals are part of this. On the other hand, water, sunlight and dissolved oxygen are abiotic rather than biotic factors as they are part of this ecosystem but do not have life. Thus, the most important biotic factor in a swamp is plants.

answer:

the water molecules are transferred from the roots to the stem or top parts of the tall tree because of important properties of water which are adhesion, cohesion and capillary action. cohesion is the property of water molecules keeps water molecules in a combined state by sharing of bonds between them at the atomic level. adhesion allows the interaction of water molecules with other substances or substrate. adhesion will cause the attachment of water molecules to the wall of the vessel (xylem) of the plant. capillary action occurs when the adhesive force to the vessel wall is stronger than the cohesive force between water molecules. capillary action mimics the transfer of water from a tube or pipe. in this way water utilizes its property to transfer water from down to top level of the plant.