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Levels of Organization
Living vs Non-living
Vocabulary
Characteristics of Living Things
Necessities of Life
100
This level includes only one specific organism...
Individual or Organism
100
These factors include things such as climate, rocks, wind, rain...
Abiotic factors
100
Organisms trying to maintain a stable internal balance is known as ______________.
Homeostasis
100
All living organisms must meet the ______ characteristics of life. (#)
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100
Without _______ organisms would only be able to survive for 3 days.
Water
200
Which level includes the biotic and abiotic factors in a specific area?
Ecosystem
200
Another word for the living things in an area...
Biotic factors
200
Our bodies react to cold weather by shivering. The cold weather is known as the ______________.
Stimulus
200
This characteristics results in an increase in size and changes in form as it grows.
Growth and Development
200
This necessity of life is made up of a mixture of gases, including oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Air
300
This level includes any area on Earth where life exists.
Biosphere
300
Give one example of an abiotic factor affecting a biotic factor...
Answers will vary.
300
Reproduction where 2 parents produce one offspring.
Sexual Reproduction
300
An organisms metabolism fall under the category of needing and using _________.
Energy
300
Most all organisms get their energy from ________, the third necessity of life.
Food
400
This level of organization includes organisms of the same species living in one area.
Population
400
Plants, trees, animals, and humans are examples of ____________ organisms.
Living
400
This is what carries all our genetic information that is passed down to offspring.
DNA
400
Without the ability to _______________ a species of organism would go extinct.
Reproduce
400
Organisms that get their energy from the food they eat are known as ____________.
Consumers
500
Level of organization that includes more than one population of organisms living in one area.
Community
500
What is the study of how living organisms interact within an environment?
Ecology
500
An organism that has the ability to makes its own food, usually through the process of photosynthesis.
Producer
500
All living things are made of _________, the smallest units of life.
Cells
500
Even though an organism may have plenty of food, water, and air, without ______________ the organism will not survive.
Shelter or a place to live