1.2 - Levels of Ecological Organization
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What is an organism?
💡 Hint: Think of any single life form.
Define a population.
💡 Hint: Consider species groups, like wolves in a forest.
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What is the smallest unit of ecological organization?
💡 Hint: Think of the simplest life form.
True or False: A community consists of only one species.
💡 Hint: Consider the diversity in an ecosystem.
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Imagine you are studying a lake ecosystem. How would you classify the various living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components? What impact might changes in the abiotic environment have on the biotic components?
💡 Hint: Think about the roles of temperature and pollutants in aquatic environments.
Compare and contrast a desert biome and a rainforest biome in terms of their ecosystems. What unique adaptations might organisms in each biome have?
💡 Hint: Consider the climate differences and how they shape life forms.
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