Organizational patterns of living organisms

Red beetles-  Photo by : Vidura Nishantha

Cell is regarded as the basic structural and functional unit of life. The tissues are made up of similar cells. Differentiated  smaller units arranged in an orderly manner  to form larger units is called organization. There are different levels of organizations.


 lower levels include:


molecules ----> organelles  ---->cells  ---->tissues  ----> organs  ----> organ systems  ----> organism

higher levels include:


organisms  ---->population  ----> community  ---->ecosystem  ---->biosphere


Definitions:

  • Population: all individuals of a species in a particular area

  • Community : Population of different species present in a particular area

  • Ecosystem: Living beings interacting with non living components

  • Biosphere: Different ecosystems of all geographical regions of the world



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