Levels of Biological Organization

What is an organism?

• One individual member of a species

• a group of individuals of a species

• all the different populations of a species that live in an area together

• a community of organisms and their physical environment

What is a population?

• One individual member of a species

• a group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

• all the different populations of species that live together in an area

• a community of species and the physical environment

What is a community?

• One individual of a species

• a group of individuals living together in an area

• all the different populations living together in an area

• different communities and their physical environment

What is an ecosystem?

• One individual of a species

• a group of individuals of a species that live in the same area

• all the different species in an area

• all the communities in an area and the physical environment

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What is a biome?

• one individual of a species

• all the different populations of species that live together in an area

• all the biological communities and their physical environment

• a group of similar ecosystems that share similar climates and animales

Which is an example of an organism?

• One rabbit

• Many families of rabbits living together in a field

• Rabbits, hawks, and foxes living together in an area

• an area of hot climate and little rain where many communities live together

What is an example of a population?

• One lion

• A group of lions living in the same area

• Lions, gazelles, and elephants

• A savannah

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Abby is walking to school with her best friend Jaylyn. 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

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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A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment

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