Levels of Ecology

All of the places on the planet where a specific ecosystem can be found; each is defined by a specific climate (average temperature, seasons, average sunlight hours, average humidity, average rainfall)

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the places of the planet where life can be found- including on the earth's surface, the water, and in the air

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Community

Two or more species interacting in the same place at the same time

• Biome

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A given area and all of the living and non-living factors there

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A group of individuals of the same species in a given space

• Biome

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

Temperate forest cover much of southeastern Canada, the eastern United States, most of Europe, and parts of Asia and Australia. Plant species mostly consist of broad-leaved, deciduous trees that shed their leaves in autumn. Animal species include squirrels, rabbits, birds, deer, frogs, and snakes. Abiotic factors include well-defined seasons with hot summers and cold winters.

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Community

The steppe of Namibia (a country in Africa) with its flat terrain and occasional mountain, rocky-sand, dry climate, desert-tolerant plants, elephants, wildebeest, and hyenas.

• Biome

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A sea turtle and the seaweed that it eats; pod of dolphins feeding on a school of fish; a cleaner wrasse eating the bacteria off of a shark

• Habitat

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of the saguaro cacti in a valley in Sonora

• Habitat

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of these puts the levels of ecology in order from least complex (simplest/most specific) to most complex (largest/most inclusive)?

• Population -> Community -> Ecosystem -> Biome -> Biosphere

• Community -> Population -> Ecosystem -> Biome -> Biosphere

• Population -> Ecosystem -> Community -> Biome -> Biosphere

• Population -> Ecosystem -> Community -> Biosphere -> Biome