Intro to Ecology (Levels of Organization)

1. Organism

2. Population

3. Community

4. Ecosystem

5. Biome

6. Biosphere

What are the levels of Ecological Organization (in order from smallest to largest)

Organism (definition)

What do you call individual member of a species or population.

Population (definition)

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area are called?

Community (definition)

All the different populations that live together in an area are called?

Ecosystem (definition)

What ecological level is the same size as the community level, but takes into account the abiotic factors surrounding the community?

Biome (definition)

What is a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms called?

Biosphere (definition)

What is this is our planet, and all of the biotic and abiotic factors on it called?

Biotic

Living things in the environment are called?

Abiotic

What are nonliving things called?

Organism (example)

One deer is an example of what ecological level?

Population (Example)

A group of deer in a field is an example of what ecological level?

Community (Example)

All of the birds, deer, plants, insects, squirrels, etc. in the field is an example of what ecological level?

Ecosystem (Example)

All of the birds, deer, plants, insects, squirrels, etc. in the field AND the nonliving things (temperature, precipitation, etc.) is an example of what ecological level?

Biome (Example)

Grassland, Tundra, Rainforest, Desert, Deciduous Forest, etc. are examples of what ecological level?

Biosphere (Example)

The part of Earth where life exists is what ecological level?

Organism (picture)

Community (picture)

Population (picture)

Ecosystem (picture)

Biome (picture)

Biosphere (PIcture)