Levels of Organization in Ecosystems

What does "biotic" mean?

• Non-living parts of an ecosystem

• Living parts of an ecosystem

• all of the living organisms and their non-living environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What does "abiotic" mean?

• Non-living parts of an ecosystem

• Living organisms or living parts of an ecosystem

• all of the living organisms and their non-living environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does "ecosystem" mean?

• Non-living parts of an ecosystem

• Living organisms or living parts of an ecosystem

• all of the living organisms and their non-living environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Match the following vocabulary terms with the correct definition.

• All organisms & the nonliving enviroment

• ecosystem

• Organisms that are of the same kind

• Individual / species

• Group of individuals of the same species

• population

• All the living organisms in an area

• community

Identify the correct level or organization: sea turtle is a ​ (a)  

• species
• population
• community
• ecosystem
• biosphere
• biome

Identify the correct level or organization: all of the the ​sea turtles living in the coral reef are a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ ​

• biosphere
• biome
• species
• population
• community
• ecosystem

Identify the correct level or organization: the ​sea turtles plus all of the other fish, plants, and coral are a ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• community
• ecosystem
• biosphere
• biome
• species
• population

Identify the correct level or organization: the ​sea turtle, fish, and coral reef plus the water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and sunlight are an ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   ​

• ecosystem
• biosphere
• biome
• species
• population
• community

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Identify the correct level or organization: the ocean is a ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ ​

• biosphere
• biome
• species
• population
• community
• ecosystem

Identify the correct level or organization: the entire planet Earth is a ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ ​

• biosphere
• biome
• species
• population
• community
• ecosystem