Levels of

organization
and
nutrition.

Teacher: Alejandro Mora

 Some living things contain one cell that performs
What are levels of organization? all needed functions. Multicellular and pluricellular
organisms are made of many parts that are needed
for survival. These parts are divided into levels of
It is a way to understand
organization. There are six levels: organelles, cells,
how living things are
tissue, organs, organ systems, and organisms.
organized
 First level

But what is the

relationship with
ORGANELLE nutrition?
It's a subcellular structure
that has one or more
specific jobs to perform in
the cell. It's a subunit.

Mitochondria Chloroplast Nucleus

 First level
The photosynthesis

Do you remember ?

What is the name of

this type of
nutrition?

Autotrophs are organism that can make their own

food, this is possible thanks to the chloroplasts
present in their cells.
Second level

CELL
It's a structural,
functional, and biological
unit of all living things.
Animals and fungi don’t have
chloroplast, so their type of
nutrition is heterotrophic.
 Third level

TISSUE
Tissue is a group of
similar cells that stay
together to perform the
same specific function.

There are plant and animal

tissues

Why do fungi and algae have no

defined tissues?
 Third level

Animal tissue Plant tissue

Function
Tissue Location Tissue Location
Stem, roots and
Protection Epithelial Skin Epidermal
leave.
Blood vessels
Stem, root, leaves,
Transport Blood (veins and Xylem and phloem
fruits and flowers.
arteries)

Nutrition *------* *------* Parenchyma Leaves.

Support and Bones, adipose Collenchyma and

Connective Stem and roots.
protect and cartilage sclerenchyma

Smooth, cardiac
Movement Muscle and striated *------* *------*
muscle.
Meristematic and
Growth *------* *------*
embryonic
Stem, roots.

Brain, spinal cord,

Relationship Nervous
nerves.
*------* *------*
 Fourth level
Seeds stores the
genetic material of
ORGAN
the species and
Organs are structures multiplies it.
made up of specific types
of tissue, which perform
specialized tasks in the
body.

Some examples

The intestine absorbs nutrients

The heart pumps blood
The stomach breaks down food
 Fourth level

Stomach is an organ. This is made of

different kinds of tissues

In most animals, organs

could not function
properly without the
brain, which regulates
the activity of all organs
in the body.
 Fifth level
Can you give
an example of
ORGAN SYSTEM an animal
Organ Systems are groups
organ systems ?
of two or more organs
which work together to
perform a specific function.
 Fifth level Respiratory system

Circulatory system

What is the name

of the organs or
respiratory system
Breathing in all animals is the same? in the other groups
of animals?
 Sixth level

ORGANISMS
Organisms are whole living
things. Organisms can differ
from one another in size
and shape.

All organisms are

made up of atoms,
molecules, cells,
tissues, organs and
organ systems.
Here we have
some examples
about levels of
organization