Levels of Ecological organization

Levels of Ecological Organization

Mrs. Washington's Science Class

Multiple Choice

What level of ecological organization does this entire picture represent?

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

ECOSYSTEM

Within each biome are many ecosystems. Inside an ecosystem, living and nonliving factors interact to form a stable system. An ecosystem is smaller than a biome and includes only organisms and their local environment.

Multiple Choice

What level of ecological organization does the bird represent?

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Organism (Individual)

An organism is a single individual animal, plant, fungus, or other living thing. An organism plays a part in each level of the environment.

Multiple Choice

What level of ecological organization do the organisms represent?

• Species

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Community

A community is made up of the living components of the ecosystem. In a community, different plants, animals, and other organisms interact with each other.

Multiple Choice

The temperate decisuous forest, the tropical rain forest, the desert, and the tundra are all examples of...

• the biopshere.

• biomes.

• ecosystems.

• communities.

Biome

A biome describes in very general terms the climate and types of plants that are found in similar places around the world.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a population?

• hawks, barred owls, and eagles on NC coast

• mountain stream

• all the frogs in a pond

• blue-tailed skinks (lizards) around a barn

Population

A population is a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.

Multiple Choice

An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The role or job of a species in a community.

• habitat

• diet

• niche

• ecosystem

Multiple Choice

A place where an organism lives.

• Terrain

• Habitat

• Community

• Population