4) Habitat/Niche and Community Interactions 5/8

5)What is a habitat?

all aspects of the area in which an organism lives

What is all aspects of the area in which an organisms lives?

a habitat

What is an ecological niche?

all of the factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy, and reproduce

What are all of the factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy, and reproduce?

an ecological niche

What are included in a habitat?

biotic and abiotic factors

Biotic and abiotic factors are included in a habitat or ecological niche?

habitat

What are included in an ecological niche?

food, abiotic conditions, behavior

Food, abiotic conditions, and behavior are included in a habitat or ecological niche?

ecological niche

What does resource availability give?

structure to a community

What gives structure to a community?

resource availability

When does competition occur?

when two species use resources in the same way

What occurs when two species use resources in the same way

competition

Competitive exclusion keeps two species from

occupying the same niche

What keeps two species from occupying the same niche?

competitive exclusion

Competitive exclusion has different what?

outcomes

What has different outcomes?

competitive exclusion

One species is better suited to the niche and the other will be either pushed out or become extinct in what?

competitive exclusion

What happens in competitive exclusion?

one species is better suited to the niche and the other will either be pushed out

What is niche (resource) partitioning?

the niche being divided in competitive exclusion

The niche being divided in competitive exclusion is called what?

niche (resource) partitioning