LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION

ORGANISM

• an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
• A sea otter is a living life form

POPULATION

• populations are groups of individuals belonging to the same species that live in the same region at the same time.
• Sea otters like to be in groups with their population

COMMUNITY

• populations of two or more different species occupying the same area
• Sea otters and frogs swimming in a lake

ECOSYSTEM

• a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
• Sea otters laying in the grass with their partners

BIOME

• A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region.
• Sea otters munching on sticks or eating sea urchins.