Living Things and the Environment (Answers)

What are the levels of organization within an ecosystem? 
 The levels of organization in the ecosystem is
Organism- a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independent.
Population- this is a group of organisms that are physically similar, and can mate.
Community- this contains more than one species, all the different populations living together.
What are the two parts of an organism's habitat with which it interacts?
It interacts with the living and the non-living, this is also referred to as Biotic (living) Abiotic (non-living.) Biotic, is a living is any living organism, grass, trees, frogs (ect.) Abiotic is Water, Sunlight, Oxygen, temperature and soil.
Why do you find different kinds of organisms in different habitats? 
 An organism lives in its habitat to obtain food, water, shelter and other things it needs to grow and reproduce. The different organisms live in different habitats  because they have different requirements for survival.

Think about what will soon start happening within Belgrade. How do animals prepare for such a change? Summer turns into Fall just like Winter turns into Spring. I call Winter and Summer the dominate seasons, because there isn't much else going on expect for warm weather in the Summer and cold weather in the Winter. Fall and Spring are less dominate seasons, because there weather is not very consistent. Now it is almost fall, the animals are making there last preparations for Winter, the cold season. Some of the animals go into hibernation, some animals die because they can survive the cold and most of their food source had died. Things will start to "quiet down" as the Winter slowly comes to Belgrade. Then in the spring, things will finally start up again, and the cycle begins again.

What needs are met by an organism's environment?
 The needs that are met by an organism's environment is:

• Food-extremely important for the organisms survival.
• Water- all living things need this, it is something that we must have.
• Sunlight- sunlight provides growth to plants, important nutrients to people, and a nice tan. Few organisms live in places without sunlight.
• Temperature- the temperature determines if the organism can live there. Arctic fish can not live in the tropics, because they are just not made for the hotter water.
• Soil- the soil type influences what plants can live there. Some use it as a home, and other depend upon it as a source where the get there food from. 

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