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Levels of Organization For Organisms PDF
Levels of Organization For Organisms PDF
Levels of Organization
All living things have a structure that is based on specific organization of materials. While
science discovers
new levels all of the time, the life sciences tend to draw some distinctive lines of demarkation.
In Anatomy, you are responsible for knowing the levels of organization from the atom to the
organism.
Level of
Explanation Example
organization
proteins,
macromolecule when two or more molecules are bonded
lipids,
together to form large (gigantic!) molecules
carbohydrates
mitochondria,
organelles several macromolecules bonded together
nucleus, golgi
form these building blocks of a cell
apparatus
Below this level begins what scientists consider living
or alive
organs
human, dog,
several organ systems functioning together
tree
organism
desert,
a collection of ecosystems with similar
trundra,
climates
rainforest
biome
the earth's
all of the biomes on the planet earth living
biosphere occupants