CER/Levels of Ecological Organization

Statement about the results of an investigation.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

Scientific data used to support the claim.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

The part of “CER” that involves a rule or scientific principle that describes why the evidence supports the claim.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

A living thing

• Biotic

• Abiotic

A nonliving thing

• Biotic

• Abiotic

One single living thing

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Organism

Which one of these is an example of a POPULATION?

• Ocean, fish, coral

• An oak tree

• A group of lions

• Sunlight, cloud, rocks

The study of organisms and how they interact with each other and their environment.

• Biology

• Botany

• Ecology

• Population

What is the LARGEST level of ecological organization?

• organism

• population

• community

• biosphere

Group of different populations that interact with each other in the same environment.

• population

• community

• organism

• biosphere