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CECOLOGI
CALCONCEPTSANDTHEENVI
RONMENT
Act
ivi
tyNo.1.Lev
elsofOr
gani
zat
ion
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nyourownwor
ds,
expl
aint
her
elat
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poft
hel
evel
ofbi
ologi
cal
organi
zat
ion.

Thebi ologicall
evelsofor gani
zati
onoflivingthingsar rangedf rom thesimplestt
omostcompl ex
are:organell
e, cell
s,t
issues,organs,organsystems, organisms, populati
ons,communities,ecosyst
em,
andbiospher e.Theat om i
st hesmal l
estandmostf undament alunitofmat t
er.Thebondi ngofatleast
twoatomsormor eform mol ecul
es.Thesimplestlevelofor gani zati
onforli
vingthi
ngsisasi ngl
e
organell
e, whichiscomposedofaggr egat
esofmacr omol ecul es.Thehighestlev
eloforganizati
onfor
l
ivingthingsist hebiosphere; i
tencompassesal lotherlevels.

Assi
gnmentNo.1.Let
’sDi
ff
erent
iat
e
Emphasi
zethediff
erencesbetweent wothingsinyourownunder standi
ng.Writeyouransweront he
boxbel
oweachwor d/s.(60pts)
1 Envi
ronmental Science Vs Ecology
➡Itfocusesontheenv i
ronmentandhow ➡Ecol ogyispurel
yinter
estedint hei nt
eracti
on
humanscanmangeandut il
izeit'
sresources betweent heenvir
onmentandl ivi
ngt hi
ngs.It
andtheeffect
sofouract i
onshav eon may beconcernedwi t
hhumani nfluenceont he
envi
ronment. envir
onment ,butmostecol ogi
cal research
focusesthanhumanssuchaspl ant s,
communi tieswit
hinthesoil.

2 Envi
ronment alscienti
st Vs Ecologi
st
➡Anenv i
ronment al
sci ent
istspecif
ical
l
yon ➡Anecol ogi
stfocusesonhowspeci esi
nter
act
t
hesurroundingenvironment ,suchasair, wit
heachot herandt hei
rhabit
ats.Theyst
udythe
l
and,andwat ertoprotectthesenatural rel
ati
onshipsbetweenplants,ani
mals,andthei
r
r
esourcesandhumanheal t
h. envi
ronments.

3 Environment Vs Ecosy st
em
➡Envi
ronmentr
efer
st othesur
roundi
ngs ➡Ecosystem i
st heinteract
ionbetweenthe
andt
heareawheretheli
vingor
ganismsl
ive. envir
onmentandt helivingorgani
sms.Iti
salso
thecommuni t
ywher et hebioti
candabiot
ic
element
sinteractwitheachot her
.

4 Organism Vs Species
➡Anor ganism canlastforadayt ofew ➡Aspeci escanl astforaboutami
ll
ionyear
s.A
hundredy ears.Anorgani sm hasl
it
tl
egenetic speci
est ypi
call
yhasenoughgeneticvari
abi
li
tyt
o
vari
abil
ity.I
ndividualor
ganismsdev elopand l
etitdif
ferent
iat
ei ntoseveral
tomanylocal
l
y
behaviorall
yorphy si
ological
lyadapttothei
r adaptedpopulati
ons.
changingenv ir
onment s.

5 Ecosyst
em Vs Ni
che’
➡ Anecosy stem i
sanecologi
calcommunit
y ➡Niche'
istheenvi
ronmentofanor gani
sm or
comprisedofbiologi
cal
,physi
cal,
and community
.Inecol
ogy,t
he"niche"descr
ibest
he
chemicalcomponents,consi
deredasuni
ts. rol
eanorgani
sm pl
ayinacommuni ty
.
Ecosystem i
sacommuni t
yandit'
s
envi
ronment .

Wer
eyouabl
etodi
ff
erent
iat
ethet
ermseasi
l
y?WhyandWhynot
?

No,becausethei
rar
eter
mst hatIr
eal
l
ydon'
tknowt
hemeani
ngordef
ini
ti
onofi
tandi
tishar
d
t
odi
ff
erent
iat
ethem fr
om t
heothert
erms.
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elsofOr
gani
zat
ionandt
hei
rExampl
es

1.At
om -ex.Sodi
um

2.Mol
ecul
es-ex.Wat
er(
H2O)

3.Or
ganel
l
es-ex.Nucl
euds,
Plast
ids

4.Cel
l
s-ex.Bl
oodcel
l
,Ner
vecel
l

5.Ti
ssues-ex.Muscl
eti
ssue,
Ner
voust
issue

6.Or
gans-ex.Hear
t,Ki
dney
,Lungs

7.Or
ganSy
stems-ex.Car
diov
ascul
arSy
stem

8.Or
gani
sms-ex.Bact
eri
a

9.Popul
ati
on-ex.Fl
ockofbi
rds

10.Communi
ty-ex.Gr
assl
andCommuni
ti
es

11.Ecosy
stem -ex.Rai
nfor
est
,HumanEcosy
stem

12.Bi
ome-ex.Desser
ts,
Tropi
calFor
est
,Tundr
a

13.Bi
ospher
e-ex.Li
thospher
e,At
mospher
e,Hy
drospher
e