Levels of Organization

Levels of Organization

Multiple Choice

Which of the following explains an ecosystem?

• an interacting group of various species in a common location

• all the organisms of the same group or species who live in a particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding

• a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

• a single individual, or being

Multiple Choice

Biologists organize the environment into ecological layers so they can communicate about the areas more efficiently. The diagram shows an example of the organization. If biologists were discussing an organism, which layer on the diagram would they most likely be referencing?

• Layer A

• Layer B

• Layer C

• Layer D

Multiple Choice

Biologists organize the environment into ecological layers so they can communicate about the areas more efficiently. The diagram shows an example of the organization. If biologists were discussing a population, which layer on the diagram would they most likely be referencing?

• Layer A

• Layer B

• Layer C

• Layer D

Multiple Choice

Biologists organize the environment into ecological layers so they can communicate about the areas more efficiently. The diagram shows an example of the organization. If biologists were discussing a community, which layer on the diagram would they most likely be referencing?

• Layer C

• Layer B

• Layer A

• Layer D

Multiple Choice

Biologists organize the environment into ecological layers so they can communicate about the areas more efficiently. The diagram shows an example of the organization. If biologists were discussing an ecosystem, which layer on the diagram would they most likely be referencing?

• Layer A

• Layer D

• Layer C

• Layer B

Multiple Choice

Biologists organize the environment into ecological layers so they can communicate about the areas more efficiently. The diagram shows an example of the organization. If biologists were discussing a howler monkey, which layer on the diagram would they most likely be referencing?

• Layer A

• Layer B

• Layer C

• Layer D

Multiple Choice

Biologists organize the environment into ecological layers so they can communicate about the areas more efficiently. The diagram shows an example of the organization. If biologists were discussing the African Savannah, which layer on the diagram would they most likely be referencing?

• Layer A

• Layer B

• Layer C

• Layer D

Multiple Choice

Place the categories in order from smallest to largest.

• ecosystem, community, population, organism

• organism, population, community, ecosystem

• population, ecosystem, community, organism

• organism, community, ecosystem, population