Levels of Organization in an Environment

A biological community that includes various species and their physical environment (Biotic and Abiotic Factors).

• Organism

• Community

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Trees, shrubs, grasses, air temperature, soil pH, water quality, etc. found in a given area are known as a(n)...

• population

• ecologist

• community

• ecosystem

Multiple organisms of the same species describes a

• organism

• population

• community

• ecosystem

What level of organization includes one or more communities, biotic and abiotic factors?

• Population

• Biome

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the correct order (smallest to largest) of the levels of organization?

• Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism

• Organism, Community, Ecosystem, Population, Biome

• Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome

• Community, Organism, Population, Biome, Ecosystem

Tundra, Desert, Forest, Wetlands, Oceans.... are all examples of what level of organization?

• Community

• Biome

• Population

• Ecosystem

A collection of living organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another is a...

• Population

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Ecosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which is the thin layer of the earth that supports life and also the largest level of ecological organization?

• A community

• The biosphere

• A population

• The biome

All of the different BIOTIC organisms found in the same area.

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Which example best illustrates the difference between a community and a population?

• All the people in a town would be a community; all the people in a country would be a population

• The two terms are interchangeable, a population IS a community.

• All the people in a town would be a community; all their cattle would be a population.

• All the different animals in a national park would be a community; all of the brown bears in the park would be a population.