Construct your Interactive Notes

• On the cover, write: EcologyName, Period

Staple 9 pages of binder paper to the coverNumber the pages

Notes: Levels of Biological Organization (pg 2)

Notes: Levels of Biological Organization (pg 2)

1. Organism = An individual member of a speciesExample: You

2. Population = All the members of a single species that live in one place

2. Population = All the members of a single species that live in one placeExample: A herd of buffalo

3. Community = A collection of populations of multiple species

3. Community = A collection of populations of multiple speciesExample: The plant community in a wetland

4. Ecosystem =All the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment

4. Ecosystem =All the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environmentExamples: Temperate forest, Wetland

5. Biosphere = The surface of the earth (air, water, and land) where living things exist

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