Memory Game Ecosystems Word MatchOnline version Sciencecabulary fill it! by Jacqueline Chisholm Abiotic where populations of organisms with biotic and abiotic factors interact Ecosystem Transition of species present in a community in an area barren of life or after a disturbance exists when more than one individual or population within an ecosystem relies upon the same limited resource members of the same species that live in the same geographical area Biotic the number of different species of plants and animals in a given area Competition very small, specialized habitat, such as the space under a rock capable of maintaining the current community at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage nonliving components, such as light, space, temperature, soil or water that affect the ecosystem Factors that are living components of an ecosystem. Microhabitat place where an organism lives and grows Ecological Succession Climax Community habitat Population This exists during a relatively stable state of succession. Biodiversity Sustainable