1.  What is an organism? Give three examples.  Determine whether the following is an example of a biotic or abiotic factor.  Water  Fungi  Bacteria  Sunlight  Soil  Worms  Ants Levels of Organization in an Ecosystem  Abiotic  Biotic  Abiotic  Biotic

2. Organisms don’t live alone in their habitat- they live together in populations and communities, and with biotic/abiotic factors in their in their ecosystem. Levels of Organization Population Example:  Pigeons in NY City  Prairie dogs in a Texas town Community Example: A prairie with prairie dogs, hawks, grasses, badgers, and snakes. Ecosystem Example: Mountain streams Deep oceans Evergreen forests Organism Example:  YOU  Fox  Grass  Hawk

3. Foldable 1.Cut sheet titled “Glue Ecological Levels of Organization Sheet Here” and glue in your SJ 2.Cut full sheet in half along dotted line 3.Cut sheet titled “Ecological Levels of Organization” and fold on dotted line 4.Place glue only on the tab you folded and then lay on top of the first sheet in your SJ. 5.Cut out frog pictures and glue in correct spot 6.Fill out the second page