EVERYDAY SCIENCE

SCIENCE

ECOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A student is studying the ecology of a playa lake, which forms after a rainfall in a dry lake bed. The table lists the organisms the student observed. Which level of biological organization is described in the table?
A
biosphere
B
biome
C
ecosystem
D
community
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -All members of a species are genetically related and can be bred to produce fertile offspring. Since the student in the example is observing a lake, which is an ecosystem, and he listed all the living organisms he found in that lake, we can conclude that the level of organization observed in the table is community.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biosphere. It is the highest level of organization. It is the global ecological system which consists of all the living organisms and other factors which support life.

Detailed explanation-3: -The levels, from smallest to largest, are: molecule, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is a. Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism.

Detailed explanation-5: -The interactions that an individual organism has with its environment can be referred to as organismal ecology and is the lowest level of ecology that can be studied.

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