| A | B |
|---|
| abiotic factors | nonliving things in an ecosystem |
| biotic factors | living things in an ecosystem |
| ecosystem | made up of the living and nonliving things that interact and function tother |
| stable ecosystem | an ecosystem with a stable supply of light, producers, and a recycling of materials between organisms and the environment |
| consumer | eat producers or other consumers |
| decomposer | organisms that chemically break down dead organisms |
| producer | green plants |
| population | all the members of the same species found in one area |
| community | all the populations in an ecosystem |
| ecology | branch of biology that deals with the interactions between organisms and their environment |
