Levels of 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

An ecosystem contains living and nonliving things.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

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

What level of organization can be seen here?

• Species
• Population
• Community
• 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

Which level of ecological organization is composed of many similar ecosystems with the same climate and geographic locations? 

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

All organisms of the same species living in the same area.

• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem
• Organism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4