Symbiotic Relationships and Ecological Organization

A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Two organisms that are so similar they can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring.

• biotic factor

• herbivore

• ecosystem

• species

Which of the following best describes a community?

• sharks, groupers, anemones and shrimp on a coral reef
• decorator crabs on the seafloor
• loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic
• prairie grassland in Wyoming

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following is the most simple level of ecological organization?

• A community
• An individual or species
• A population
• An ecosystem

What level of organization can be observed in the image?

• Species
• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which is the thin layer of the earth that supports life and also the largest level of ecological organization?

• A community
• The biosphere
• A population
• The biome

Identify the examples as: a organism, population, community, or ecosystem.
All speckled sting-ray that live in the Pacific Ocean

• Organism
• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem

What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to the largest?

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
• organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
• organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere.
• organism, community, population, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere

Jacob is going out to his grandparents farm. On the farm is a stream that he likes to fish in. While he is fishing he sees many different species of fish as well as maple and oak trees and dragonflies. What Jacob is seeing is an example of what level of organization?

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2