Question

a 350-acre area in central mississippi called old cove has mature hardwood trees, birds, rept environment.

descriptions written by students

1. an owl living in old cove
2. all the living organisms in old cove with the land and river
3. all the living things in old cove including trees and grasses

mark one box in each row of the table below to match the correct level of organization represented t
table with columns: organism, population, ecosystem, community; rows: description 1, description 3, description 2 with radio buttons

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each description and match it to the correct ecological level:

Description 1: "an owl living in Old Cove"

• Organism: A single individual (the owl) is an organism.
• Incorrect original selection: The original marked "ecosystem", but an owl alone is not an ecosystem (ecosystem includes biotic + abiotic factors).
• Correct match: Organism.

Description 2: "all the living organisms in Old Cove with the land and river"

• Ecosystem: An ecosystem includes all living (biotic) and non - living (abiotic, like land, river) components in an area.
• Incorrect original selection: The original marked "organism", but this includes both biotic and abiotic factors, so it is an ecosystem.
• Correct match: Ecosystem.

Description 3: "all the living things in Old Cove including trees and grasses"

• Community: A community is all the different populations of living organisms in a given area (only biotic factors).
• Original selection: Correct (marked "community").

Final Table (Correct Matches):

	organism	population	ecosystem	community
Description 2	$\circ$	$\circ$	$\boldsymbol{\odot}$	$\circ$
Description 3	$\circ$	$\circ$	$\circ$	$\boldsymbol{\odot}$

(Note: $\odot$ = selected, $\circ$ = not selected)

Answer:

To solve this, we analyze each description and match it to the correct ecological level:

Description 1: "an owl living in Old Cove"

• Organism: A single individual (the owl) is an organism.
• Incorrect original selection: The original marked "ecosystem", but an owl alone is not an ecosystem (ecosystem includes biotic + abiotic factors).
• Correct match: Organism.

Description 2: "all the living organisms in Old Cove with the land and river"

• Ecosystem: An ecosystem includes all living (biotic) and non - living (abiotic, like land, river) components in an area.
• Incorrect original selection: The original marked "organism", but this includes both biotic and abiotic factors, so it is an ecosystem.
• Correct match: Ecosystem.

Description 3: "all the living things in Old Cove including trees and grasses"

• Community: A community is all the different populations of living organisms in a given area (only biotic factors).
• Original selection: Correct (marked "community").

Final Table (Correct Matches):

	organism	population	ecosystem	community
Description 2	$\circ$	$\circ$	$\boldsymbol{\odot}$	$\circ$
Description 3	$\circ$	$\circ$	$\circ$	$\boldsymbol{\odot}$

(Note: $\odot$ = selected, $\circ$ = not selected)