13 LIteracy Article Questions Ecological Organization

Which level of organization includes all the organisms of one species?

• Organism

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

What is the difference between a community and an ecosystem?

• A community includes all the living and nonliving things in an area, but an ecosystem is only the living things.

• A community is one species of organism, but an ecosystem is all the species living together.

• An ecosystem includes all the living and nonliving things in an area, but a community is only the living things.

• A community is all the species living in an area together, but an ecosystem is all the different types of habitats found on Earth.

Which level of organization is all the same type of ecosystem found on Earth that share common characteristics?

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Community

• Biome

Which of the following lists the levels of organization from smallest to largest?

• Population, organism, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• Biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, biome

True or False: A biome is made up of all the ecosystems on a particular continent.

• True

• False

A field of many different wildflowers would be considered a(n) ________.

(a)  

• community
• ecosystem
• biosphere

A herd of buffalo would be considered a(n) ________.

(a)  

• population
• community
• ecosystem

Your backyard would be considered a(n) ________.

(a)  

• ecosystem
• population
• community

All of the forests on Earth that contain similar plant and animal life would be considered a(n) ​ (a)  

• biome.
• population
• ecosystem