LEVELS OF
ORGANIZATION
PAY ATTENTION! YOU WILL
BE REQUIRED TO GIVE THE
DEFINITION OF EACH IN
YOUR OWN WORDS AND
CREATE YOUR OWN
EXAMPLE AFTER THIS
LESSON!
HERE WE GO…..
SMALLEST
TO
LARGEST
INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM
 ANY
LIVING THING THAT CAN INDEPENDENTLY
CARRY OUT LIFE PROCESSES
 SPECIES
: A GROUP OF ORGANISMS SO SIMILAR TO
ONE ANOTHER THAT THEY CAN BREED AND
PRODUCE FERTILE OFFSPRING
POPULATIONS
 GROUPS
OF INDIVIDUALS THAT BELONG TO
THE SAME SPECIES AND LIVE IN THE SAME
AREA
COMMUNITIES
A
GROUP OF DIFFERENT POPULATIONS
THAT LIVE TOGETHER AND INTERACT IN A
DEFINED AREA
ECOSYSTEM
A
COLLECTION OF ALL THE ORGANISMS
THAT LIVE IN A PARTICULAR PLACE, PLUS
ABIOTIC ( NON-LIVING) FACTORS
BIOME
A
GROUP OF ECOSYSTEMS THAT HAVE THE
SAME CLIMATE AND SIMILAR DOMINANT
COMMUNITIES
BIOSPHERE
 ANYWHERE
LIFE EXSISTS IN THE WORLD
INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM
POPULATION
COMMUNITY
ECOSYSTEM
BIOME
BIOSPHERE
More examples
IN MRS. WOLFGANG’S
WORLD….
 This
is how the levels of organization are
defined……
INDIVIDUAL
POPULATION
COMMUNITY
ECOSYSTEM
BIOME
BIOSPHERE
John