Levels of Organization in the Ecosystem

The _______ includes all living organisms on Earth along with the spheres they interact with (lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere).

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Community

• Ecosystem

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_______: a collection of all the organisms living in a particular place together with their abiotic components, such as water and air.

• Biosphere

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

A _____ is the populations of two or more species within the same geographical area and time period.

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

What level of organization can be seen here?

• Species

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

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What level of organization can be observed in the image?

• Species

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Labe the diagram with the following terms.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

Biosphere

Ecosystem

Population

Organism

Abiotic

Community

Biome

Biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Match the following definitions and terms.

• Biosphere

• All the interacting species in an area; includes only the biotic factors and excludes the abiotic factors in an area.

• Ecosystem

• All living things and the physical environment with which they interact in a particular area; all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

• Population

• An individual life form.

• Community

• Members of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.

• Organism

• Consists of all the Earth’s biotic and abiotic factors or living and once-living things and the physical environment with which they interact; the sum of all ecosystems on Earth.

What are the ecological levels of organization from smallest to the largest?

• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere.

• organism, community, population, biome, ecosystem, ecosphere

Which of the following levels of organization is the most complex?

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

What is it called when you have groups of different populations along with their abiotic factors?

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• An ecosystem

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