Eastern Quezon College, Inc.

R. Marco St., Brgy. Penafrancia Gumaca, Quezon

SY 2021-2022

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

LAS # 5 ATTACHMENT: DO NOT COPY! FOR FURTHER READINGS ONLY!

LEVELS OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

All the activities of life take place in each cell. Every cell in the body is a living building
block. Each cell needs oxygen takes in food, and gets rid of wastes. This is true for all plant and
animal cells.

The body is made up of many kinds of cells that do different jobs. Not all of the cells
look or act alike. There are about 200 different kinds of cells, and each type does a particular
job. Cells are grouped together to make up a tissue. A tissue is a group of the same kind of cells.
Each kind of tissue does a certain job. For example, muscle cells form smooth tissues to
facilitate movement.

Different tissues that work together form an organ, such as stomach, while different
organs make up an organ system. Each organ system has a specific job. For instance, the
stomach, together with other organs, from the digestive system, which breaks down food into
very small particles so that it can be used by all the body’s cell.

Plants also have different organ systems. These include the leaf, the roots, and the
stems.
Several organ systems make up an organism. An organism is a living thing that carries out
all basic life functions. It is the highest level of organization of living things. A mango tree, a
dog, a horse, and a shark are organisms.

A complex organism is a combination of organ systems. Each organ system performs a

particular function, but all the systems must work together to keep the organism alive. Without
the smooth operation of any one of its systems, a living thing could not survive.

By now, one thing should be clear to you. Each level of organization interacts with every
other level. The smooth functioning of a complex organism is the result of all its various parts
working together.

There is another hierarchy of increasing complexity among different organisms.

Individuals living together are called population, and all the populations of a particular kind of
organism are members of the same species. All the different species that live in a place are
called community. A community and the physical environment in which it lives is called an
ecological system or ecosystem. Ecosystems that are found worldwide are called biomes.
Altogether, Earth biomes and other ecosystems comprise the biosphere, which is the highest
level of complexity in the living world.

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