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Bio Levels
Levels of organization among living things and emergent properties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Levels of organization (biggest to smallest) | Biosphere Ecosystem Community Population Organism Organ system Organ Tissue Cell Organelle Molecule Atom |
| biosphere | all living things on earth and the parts of the earth they inhabit |
| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things in the same environment |
| community | all the populations in a particular area |
| population | organisms of the same kind that live in a particular area |
| organism | an individual living thing |
| organ | a structure with multiple tissues that work together to do a particular task |
| tissue | a group of cells with a similar structure and function |
| cell | smallest unit that is alive |
| molecule | smallest unit of a compound that still has the properties of the compound |
| atom | the smallest unit of a chemical element |