Levels of organization

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4. Identifying the different levels of biological
organization in an organism.
Describing the parts that make up each level
of organization and their functions.
Describing how the parts that make up a
level of organization affect the higher levels
of organization and the entire organism.

6. CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE
5 CHARACH -
TERISTICS
OF LIVING
THINGS
MADE
UP
OF
CELLS
RESPOND
TO
CHANGES`
USE
ENERGY
GROW
AND
DEVELOP
REPRO-
DUCE

7. Life is organized into different levels
based upon size (from small to large).

8. Organisms and Cells
•Some organisms are unicellular.
–This means they are made of only one cell.
–Examples: bacteria, yeast
•Some organisms are multicellular.
–This means they are made of many cells.
–Examples: humans, trees

9. Organisms and Cells
•Unicellular organisms have nothing but a
single cell.
•However, multicellular organisms have
many more levels of organization to make
sure the whole body can work correctly,
even when it is doing many things at the
same time.

10. There are 5 Levels of
Organization in Multicellular
Organisms:
•1. Cells
•2. Tissues
•3. Organs
•4. Organ Systems
•5. Organisms

12. Atoms
•are indivisible particles of matter
•The smallest unit of matter that
cannot be broken down into
anything simpler by chemical
means.

13. The smallest units of most
compounds formed by the
chemical bonding of
atoms.
Groups of the same
or different kinds of
atoms.

14. organelles
Specialized
structures that
perform important
cellular functions
within cells.

15. The cellis the basic
unit of life.
Cells are specialized by
size and shape for the
job they do.
The paramecium above is
made of only one cell and it
must perform all the jobs of
the organism.
Example: skin cell

16. T I S S U E S
Tissues are made of the same type of cells
grouped together to do a specific job.
Example: Humans have four kinds of tissue in their
Bodies: Epithelia, Muscle, Connective, and Nerve.

17. Organs
Organs are made up of different tissues
that work together to do a job.
Example: a heart
is an organ .

18. Organ Systems
An organ system is a group of
organs working together.
Examples:
•Human organ systems include circulatory,
reproductive, digestive, nervous, respiratory.
•Plant organ system-roots, stems, leaves=
transport system.

19. Organisms
All cells, tissues, organs and organ systems
working together makes an organism.
Example: a human

20. Population
Groups of individuals of
the same species that live
in the same area.

21. Community
Groups of different
populations that live
together in a defined area.

22. Ecosystem
Groups of all the organisms
that live in a particular place,
together with their nonliving
environment.

23. Biomes
Groups of
ecosystems that
have the same
climate and
similar dominant
communities
Habitats of different kinds of plants and animals

24. Biosphere
Part of the Earth in which
life exists including land,
water, air and atmosphere.