3. Notes: Levels of Biological
Organization (pg 2)
1. Organism = An individual member of a species
Example: You
4. 2. Population = All the members of a single
species that live in one place
5. 2. Population = All the members of a single
species that live in one place
Example: A herd of buffalo
6. 3. Community = A collection of populations of
multiple species
7. 3. Community = A collection of populations of
multiple species
Example: The plant community in a wetland
8. 4. Ecosystem =All the organisms that live in a
place, together with their nonliving
environment
9. 4. Ecosystem =All the organisms that live in a
place, together with their nonliving
environment
Examples: Temperate forest, Wetland
10. 5. Biosphere = The surface of the earth (air,
water, and land) where living things exist
11. Output (pg 3)
• Cut out a picture from a magazine that
illustrates each level of organization
• Label each picture with which level it
represents
• If you can’t find a picture that represents the
biosphere, you may draw it instead
