Habitat vs. Niche Group Activity
Group Leader: _________________________________________________________________________
(organizes group and keeps group on task while contributing)
Group Recorder: _______________________________________________________________________
(writes down answers while contributing)
Group Researcher: ______________________________________________________________________
(looks up answers while contributing)
Group Researcher: ______________________________________________________________________
(looks up answers while contributing)
Directions:
Step 1: Each of the following words is an organism, a habitat, or a niche. Among your group, decide what
each one is and label it as H for habitat, N for Niche, or O for organism. Look up any words that you do not
know the meaning of in the textbook.
Student
School
human skin
nest
migration
Child between ages
5-18
pollinator
bat
soil decomposer
black bear
butterfly
under a rock
Arctic tern (bird)
insectivore (eats
insects)
horse
omnivore (eats
plants & animals)
hive
honeybee
earthworm
rodentivore (eats
rodents like mice)
coyote
herbivore (eats
plants only)
carnivore (eats meat
only)
rotten log
prairie
scavenger
hibernation
mushroom
den
cave
hibernation
snake
cause infection
African savannah
Humans
moist soil (underground in the dark)
houses
lion
MRSA bacteria
Step 2: For each organism above there is a habitat and niche. Fill out the following table with your group
members. At the end you should have 13 sets of organisms, habitats, and niches. Use your textbook to help
you.
Organism
Habitat
Niche
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Step 3: As a group come up with two examples of your own organisms, their habitats, and their niche.
Illustrate and color a picture of your organism in its habitat performing the roles of its niche.
Example 1:
 Name of your organism:
 Their Habitat:
 Their Niche:
 Picture:
Example 2:
 Name of your organism:
 Their Habitat:
 Their Niche:
 Picture:
Step 4: To sum up this activity, define habitat and niche and describe how you are able to tell the difference.
You may use this activity as an example.
1. A habitat is ___________________________________________________________________________
How to tell if it is a habitat:
2. A niche is ____________________________________________________________________________
How to tell if it is a niche: