Classify each of the following as biotic or abiotic: water, bacteria, rock, deer, sunlight, fungi.

Biotic: bacteria, deer, fungi. Abiotic: water, rock, sunlight.

Explain how decomposers interact with both biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem.

Decomposers break down dead biotic material (plants and animals) and release nutrients back into the abiotic environment (soil, water).

I can differentiate between biotic and abiotic components in an ecosystem.

1
A population includes all the members of one species that live in the same area and can reproduce.
2
An ecosystem is made up of living, biotic, and non-living, abiotic, things in an area.
3
Producers, like plants, make their own food, while consumers depend on other organisms for food; decomposers break down dead organisms.