Organism

Organ systems
work together
in a functional
organism.
Population
A population
consists of
organisms of the
Organism same species.

Population

Organ system Organ system

(e.g., skeletal
system) Tissues
and organs make Community
up organ systems. The populations
of different
species that
populate the
Organ Organ same area make
(e.g., bone) up a community.
Tissues form
organs.

Tissue Community
(e.g., bone tissue)
Cells associate Tissue Bone cells
to form tissues.

Nucleus
Cell
Cellular level
Ecosystem
Atoms and molecules
A community
form organelles, such
together with
as the nucleus and
the nonliving
mitochondria (the site
environment
of many energy
forms an
transformations).
ecosystem.
Organelles perform Organelle
various functions Ecosystem
of the cell.

Chemical level Macromolecule Biosphere

Atoms join to form Earth and all of
molecules. Macro- its communities
Biosphere
molecules are large constitute the
molecules such as biosphere.
proteins and DNA. Oxygen atom
Hydrogen atoms
Molecule

Water

Figure 1-6 Animated The hierarchy of biological organization