Science word of the day: inorganic
Pronunciation: Ay-bye-ah’-tik
What does it mean: Abiotic means “without living organisms.” Scientists commonly use this term when referring to non-living aspects of an ecosystem that affect the growth or reproduction of organisms. Some abiotic factors may be light, water, fertilizers, nutrients, or chemical elements such as oxygen or sulfur. Others include tides or rain. Sometimes, “inorganic” is used to describe the origin of a particular chemical. Inorganic methane, for example, comes from chemical reactions between rocks and water in the Earth’s crust, unlike organic methane, which comes from decaying organic matter as well as the microbes living in your gut.
How to use it in a sentence: A new “gold rush” of exploration is underway inorganic Hydrogen, which is formed when rocks react with water deep underground and could be the renewable, carbon-free fuel of the future.
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