The document discusses the different levels of organization in the environment. It explains that there are biotic factors, which are living organisms, and abiotic factors, which are non-living environmental components. It then outlines the five levels of environmental organization from individual organisms to populations to communities to ecosystems and finally the biosphere.

1. Everything is Connected
Environmental Organization

2. Two levels of organization
Biotic = all the organisms that live
together and interact with one
another
Abiotic= part of the environment
that consists of nonliving factors
such as water, soil, light, and
temperature

5. Organization in the Environment
 The environment can be organized into different
levels
 First level = individual organism
 Second level =larger, made up of similar
organisms which form a population
 Third level =made of different populations,
which form a community
 Fourth level =made of a community and all its
abiotic factors, which form an ecosystem
 Fifth level =all ecosystems, forms a biosphere

6. First level: Individual organism

7. Second level: Population

8. Third level: Community

9. Fourth level: Ecosystem

10. Fifth level: Biosphere

11. Summary
• All living things are connected in a web of
life.
• The biotic part of an environment is made
up of all the living things found within it.
• The abiotic part of an environment is made
up of all of the nonliving things found
within it, such as water and light.
• An ecosystem is made up of a community
of organisms and its abiotic environment.