Mrs. Johnson's Levels of Organization in an Ecosystem Lesson

Mrs. Johnson's Levels of Organization in an Ecosystem Lesson

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Interact

Organisms interact with both biotic and abiotic components of their ecosystem to obtain energy and materials necessary for life.

Niche

Organisms interact in the environment by filling an ecological niche, or role and behavior within their habitat that is in part determined by abiotic and biotic components. When there are multiple species in an ecosystem that fill a specific niche, competition occurs.

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Which are examples of a niche?

• koalas which feed only on leaves from eucalyptus trees in Australia

• a garden spider is a predator that hunts for prey among plants

• the bear in a cave

Levels of Organization in an Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

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What are the levels of organization in an ecosystem from small to large?

• population, organism, community, ecosystem

• organism, community, population, ecosystem

• organism, population, community, ecosystem

• community, population, organism, ecosystem

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Organism is-

• All lions

• A lion

• includes lion, zebra, elephant, grass, tree, etc.

• includes living and nonliving interacting

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Ecosystem -

• All lions

• A lion

• includes lion, zebra, elephant, grass, tree, etc.

• includes living and nonliving interacting

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Population -

• All lions

• A lion

• includes lion, zebra, elephant, grass, tree, etc.

• includes living and nonliving interacting

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Community -

• All lions

• A lion

• includes lion, zebra, elephant, grass, tree, etc.

• includes living and nonliving interacting

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• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

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• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

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• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

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• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem