Complex sentence: A biotic factor is any living component that affects another organism, including animals that consume the organism in question, and the living food that the organism consumes.each biotic factor needs energy to do work and food for proper growth.
Split into simpler sentences: A biotic factor is any living component that affects another organism, including animals that consume the organism in question, and the living food that the organism consumes. Each biotic factor needs energy to do work and food for proper growth.