Organizational Hierarchy - Biology
- Spry Toooltips -Rool the cursor over the terms in "level of organization" to see sample photos (courtesy of Wikipedia and the author, N. Herr)
- Form fields (enter data in the cells.)
- You may wish to perform this activity using the attached worksheet.
Level of Organization |
Example set 1 |
Analogy |
Analogy Example |
fundamental particles |
book |
biology book |
|
subatomic particles |
desk |
3rd desk |
|
atoms |
|
row |
5th row |
micromolecules |
|
room |
second room |
macromolecules |
|
hall |
east hall |
molecular assemblies |
|
wing |
north wing |
organelles |
|
floor |
3rd floor |
cells |
|
building |
science building |
tissues |
|
campus |
CSUN |
organs |
|
community |
Northridge |
organ systems |
|
city |
Los Angeles |
organisms |
|
county |
L.A. County |
populations |
|
state |
California |
communities |
|
country |
USA |
ecosystems |
|
continent |
North America |
biomes |
|
hemisphere |
W. Hemisphere |
biosphere |
|
planet |
Earth |
![maple leaf](images/maple-leaf.jpg)
![earth](images/earth.jpg)
![biomes](images/biomes.gif)
![shenandoah](images/shenandoah.jpg)
![community](images/community.jpg)
![forest](images/maple-forest.jpg)
![maple](images/maple.jpg)
![](images/phloem.png)
![parenchyma](images/parenchyma.jpg)
![plant cell](images/plant-cell.png)
![chloroplast](images/chloroplast.png)
![membrane](images/membrane.png)
![protein](images/protein.png)
![amino acid](images/amino-acid.png)
![carbon](images/carbon.png)
![subatomic](images/helium-atom.png)
![particles](images/elementary-particles.png)