Ecology and Levels of Organization

Organism

• Something that is not alive

• A complete living thing

• Many living things

• Where something lives

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Biotic

• Dead

• Non-living

• Alone

• Living

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Abiotic

• Living

• Alive

• Non-living

• Bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Species

• Broadest groups of taxonomy

• The taxonomic group that follows domains

• Same type of organism

• A living thing

What does complex mean?

• Made of parts

• Difficult

• Community

• Simple

Which of the following correctly lists the levels of organization from most complex to least complex?

• Community, Organism, Population, Ecosystem

• Population, Community, Ecosystem, Organism

• Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism

• Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem

The biotic and abiotic factors that work together in an area

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All the organisms that are the same type in a certain area

• Population

• Organism

• Community

• Ecosystem

All the different types of organisms living in a certain area

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Population

The most specific (least complex) level of organization within an ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• Organism

• Ecosystem