Organization of Life Worksheet

1. What is the hierarchy of organization in living things, from smallest to largest?

2. What is the smallest unit of life?

3. What is the basic unit of structure and function in living things?

4. What is the difference between unicellular and multicellular organisms?

5. What are the four main types of tissues in multicellular organisms?

6. What is an organ system?

7. What is an organism?

8. What is a population?

9. What is a community?

10. What is an ecosystem?

11. What is a biome?

12. What is the biosphere?

13. What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem?

14. What is a food chain?

15. What is a food web?

16. What is a producer?

17. What is a consumer?

18. What is a decomposer?

19. What is the difference between a herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore?

20. What is the difference between a predator and a prey?

21. What is the difference between a symbiotic relationship and a parasitic relationship?

22. What is the difference between mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism?

23. What is the importance of biodiversity in an ecosystem?

24. What are some human activities that can negatively impact biodiversity?

25. What are some ways we can protect and preserve biodiversity?