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