The Earth

4. heterotrophs that consume other organisms for energy
5. areas that contain biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors
6. meat eaters
7. plant eaters
10. both plant and meat eaters
12. feed on dead matter speeding up the decay process
13. all of the different populations in an ecosystem
14. each layer of the ecological pyramid representing a different type of organism and how they feed

1. the population growth rate
2. producers that make their own food
3. groups of organisms of the same species
8. the max number of individuals an ecosystem can sustain
9. areas where there is a consistent environment which is home to a distinct population
11. consume dead matter and breaks it down using enzymes