Title: Levels of Organization
1Levels of Organization
2Structure the way something is made. what it
is
3Function the job it (structure) performswhat
it does
4Cell
5Cell smallest unit of structure and function
for a living thing
6Cell Ex Bone Cell, Blood Cell, Nerve Cell, Skin
Cell, Plant Cell
7Tissue
8Tissue group of the same type of cells that
perform a specialized function
9Tissue Ex Skin Tissue, Muscle Tissue, Bone
Tissue
10Organ
11Organ group of tissues that perform a
specialized function
12Organ Ex Brain, Stomach, Heart, Bone, Skin,
Liver, Leaf
13Organ Systems
14Organ System group of organs that perform a
complex function
15Organ System Ex Digestive System, Circulatory,
Nervous, Skeletal
16Organism
17Organism group of organ systems working
together to make 1 living thing
18Population
19Population all the members of 1 kind of
organism (species) in a particular area
20Community
21Community all the populations living together
in an area (biotic factors)
22Ecosystem
23Ecosystem the interaction of all the biotic and
abiotic factors in an area
24Biome
25Biome Similar ecosystems on earth together
26Biosphere
27Biosphere everywhere on Earth that living
things can exist
28Earths crust, oceans, lower level of atmosphere
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