6.12C Levels of Organization (ecology) Minilesson

6.12C Levels of Ecological Organization

6.12C The student is expected to describe the hierarchical organization of organism, population, and community within an ecosystem

Multiple Choice

A place where an organism lives.

• Terrain

• Habitat

• Community

• Population

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

The temperate deciduous forest, the tropical rainforest, the desert, and the tundra are all examples of....?

• the biopshere.

• biomes.

• ecosystems.

• communities.

ECOSYSTEM

Within each biome (click to learn more about biomes) 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 this entire picture 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

An individual belonging to a specific species

• Biotic
• Community
• Organism
• Reptile

Multiple Choice

What level of ecological organization does the bird represent?

• Organism

• 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

What level of ecological organization do the organisms represent?

• Species

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Population

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

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

Multiple Choice

An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.

• True

• False