Ecology B20 #5 Resources Availability

Where does this animal live?

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A habitat is ___________________.

• the place or kind of place in which an animal or plant naturally lives.

• is how plants produce their own food.

• is an animal that only eats meat.

• the place where only one animal lives.

A niche ________________.

• is the function that an organism performs in the food web of that community.

• includes everything else the organism does and needs in its environment.

• is specific to each individual animal and plant.

• All of the above.

An organism’s habitat provides _____________________.

• food, water, shelter, and space.

• food, water, and clothes.

• only food.

• video games, ninjas, and baked beans.

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A squirrels niche would be _________________.

• hunting prey and providing meat for other squirrels.

• searching for fish to eat in the ocean.

• staying busy storing nuts and seeds for winter.

• help decompose other animals and plants.

A whale's niche would be which of the following?

• eating plankton and krill.

• eating sharks and dolphins.

• eating hamburgers and fries.

• eating other whales.

What is a niche?

• Where an organism lives.

• An organisms role, or job, within its ecosystem.

• What an organism eats.

The lion is a carnivore. 

• habitat 
• niche

The lion lives on the savanna. 

• habitat
• niche

No two species can occupy the same niche at the same time. What is this?

• Competitive Exclusion Principle 
• Limiting Exclusion Theory
• Competitive Limiting Principle
• Limiting Competitive Theory