Levels of organization vocab

Nonliving factors in an ecosystem.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

Living organisms in an ecosystem.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

All the different ecosystems that make up the planet; the sphere that contains life on Earth.

• Biomes

• Biosphere

• Community

The smallest unit that is capable of carrying out all the processes of living things.

• Cell

• Organ

• Organ system

All the different populations that interact and coexist in a specific area.

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biosphere

Contains all the communities that inhabit a specific area, along with the abiotic factors in that environment.

• Biosphere

• Community

• Ecosystem

Components can form complex systems that interact in such a way that new properties appear, which did not exist in lower levels.

• Emergent properties

• Properties

• Old properties

The process by which organisms maintain a stable internal environment.

• Emergent Properties

• Equilibrium

• Homeostasis

A group of organs that interact to perform a similar function, (e.g., circulatory system, excretory system).

• Organ

• Organ System

• Tissue

True of False:A group of different tissues that form a singular unit and perform a similar function, (e.g., kidney, brain, skin) is called an organ.

• True

• False