QOD: What factors are included in an organism’s niche?
ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
Biotic Factors- all of the living organisms in an environment
Abiotic Factors- all of the non-living parts of the environment EX. Climate, wind, nutrient availability,
soil, and sunlight
Habitat- An area where an organism lives- includes both biotic and abiotic factors
Niche- all strategies and adaptations a species uses in its environment, including:
Type of food an organism eats
How an organism obtains food and shelter
When an how a species reproduces and survives
NO TWO SPECIES CAN SHARE THE SAME NICHE IN THE SAME HABITAT
Symbiosis- any relationship in which two species live closely together
Symbiosis
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Description
both species benefit from the
relationship
one organism benefits and the
other is neither helped nor
harmed
organism lives on or in another
organism and harms it
Predators- organisms that seek out and eat other organisms
Prey- organisms that are eaten
ANSWER- Type of food, shelter, and reproductive strategies
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Example
flowers and insects
rhino and tic bird
Trees and moss
whales and barnacles
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dogs and ticks
human an mosquito