abiotic and biotic

• biotic components reffer to living things
• abiotic factors refer to non-living things
• ecology is the study of all relationships and interactions in an ecosystem
• micro-organisms are organisms we cannot see with our naked eye
• microbes are all organisms that cause disease
• decomposers are micro-organisms that break down plants or animals
• producers are green plants that process their own food using photosynthesis
• consumers are organisms that cannot produce their own food
• climatic factors include water, temperature, light, and atmospheric- gases.