Levels of

Organization in
an Organism
 Living Things
•A living thing is an
organism.
•Many organisms have a
body with different parts.
Living things have five basic life
functions:
•Grow and develop
•Use energy (they get energy by
eating or making food)
•Reproduce (make more of their
own kind)
•Respond to the environment
•Get rid of waste
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ALCETINLS
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CELL
Cell
the basic unit and building block of life.
There are two kinds of cells.
Prokaryotic cells are ordinarily single-celled and
smaller than eukaryotic cells.
Eukaryotic cells are usually found in multicellular
organisms, but there are few single-celled eukaryotes.
Examples are human blood cells, plant and animal
cell.
Many-Celled Organisms have different
types of cells…
Animals have:
• Bone cells
• Nerve cells
• Muscle cells
• Blood cells
Plants have:
Leaf Cells
 Root Cells
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Cell
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TISSUE
 Tissue:
•is made of cells that work
together to perform a certain
task.
•Examples are human skin tissue,
muscle tissue and connective
tissue.
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-Cells work together to form tissues

Cardiac cells Muscle tissue Cardiac organ

Bone cells Bone

epithelial tissue
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Cell Tissue
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BANOGAR
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ORGAN
 Organs
•is made of similar tissues arranged
and grouped together to perform a
specific function.
• Examples of organs are the brain
and heart.
Organs
• What parts of
the human
body do you
see?
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Cell Tissue Organ
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NSESYTMOGRIAP
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ORGAN SYSTEM
Organ Systems
• is a group of organs that
work together to perform
specific bodily functions.
•Examples are digestive system,
circulatory system and other
system in our body.
• To which
organ systems
do these parts
belong?
 LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
-Organs work together to form organ systems

Circulatory
Arteries & veins system
heart

bones Cartilage & Skeletal

tendons system
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Cell Tissue Organ Organ System
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SNWOMGRIAPQ
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ORGANISM
Organism
• is a recognizable, self – contained
individual.
•Organisms can be unicellular such as
bacteria or amoeba, or multi – cellular
composed of organs and organ system.
•We humans are also an example of a
multi – cellular organism.
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-Organ systems work together to form
the whole organism

Skeletal
system
Whole
organism

Circulatory
Muscular system
system
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Cell Tissue Organ Organ System

Organism
Arrange the
following
pictures from
simplest to
most complex
level. Write
only the letter.
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LIONPUPATMLP
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POPULATION
 Population
• is a group of organisms
of the same species
occupying a given area.
• A colony of ants and
herd of cows are
examples of this.
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Cell Tissue Organ Organ System

Population Organism
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BOCUMIMTYNMRC
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COMMUNITY
 Community
• is composed of all the
population of different
species of organisms living
together in a given area.
• The population of lions in
Kenya, population of giraffes,
people, species in a pond and
all other species in that area,
add up to a community.
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Cell Tissue Organ Organ System

Community Population Organism

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EOCUTYNEMSCS
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ECOSYSTEM
What
makes up
an
ecosystem?
 Ecosystem
• is made up of all the
communities in a certain area,
as well as all the non – living
physical components of the
environment.
• Examples of this are rainforest,
desert, grassland, swamp and
others.
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Cell Tissue Organ Organ System

Community Population Organism

Ecosystem
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EOBUHRPEISCS
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BIOSPHERE
Describe
the
biosphere.
 Biosphere
• is simply defined as the place,
area, and zone where the
entire life on Earth exists.
• The hydrosphere, lithosphere
and atmosphere, along with
all the above – mentioned
levels, together constitute the
biosphere.
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Cell Tissue Organ Organ System

Community Population Organism

Ecosystem Biosphere
Question:

Why do you think it is

important for you to
study the levels of
biological organization?