Levels of Organization in the Ecosystem

Kennedi is walking to school with her best friend Christina. They begin talking about everything they see including the ash trees, grass, weeds, ants, and people. They also notice how cold it is, how there are several large puffy clouds out, and how the sun is just starting to come up. What level of organization are they discussing?

• community

• ecosystem

• biome

• biosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which represents community level of organization?

• lions, zebras, giraffes, trees

• lions

• lions, zebras, sunlight, trees, rocks

• lions and their cubs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which represents a community?

• a

• b

• c

• d

What is it called when a group of the same organisms living together in the same place at the same time?

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• A biome

What are groups of different populations living togther in the same place at the same time called?

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• A biosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• An ecosystem

Malik is going out to his grandparents farm. On the farm is a stream that he likes to fish at. When he is fishing he sees many different species of fish as well as maple and oak trees and dragonflies. WhatMalik is seeing is an example of what level of organization?

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

Alyssa is on the girls cross country team. She is heading out for a run when she comes across 20 Canadian geese. What level of organization is this group of Canadian geese?

• organism

• population

• community

• biome

When all the ecosystems on Earth are combined it is called...

• a community.

• a biome.

• a biosphere.

• an Earthsphere.

Antonio and Javier are astronauts in space looking back at Earth and discussing how all the life on Earth interacts with each other as well as the nonliving things. What level of organization are they discussing?

• A community

• A biome

• An ecosystem

• A biosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3