AIM: What are habitats and niches?

Explain how two (or more) organisms may have the same habitat but different niches!

HabitatHabitat

NicheNiche

biotic vs. abiotic biotic vs. abiotic

HabitatHabitat

NicheNiche

biotic vs. abiotic biotic vs. abiotic

AIM: What are habitats and niches?

QUESTION: What is your role in life?

All organism have some sort of role in life

Some sort of role in their environment and/or ecosystem

…this is called their niche…

What is a Niche?

• An organism’s role in its ecosystem

• Do all organisms have the same niche?

The words Habitat and Niche

are related terms,

But they have different meanings

Examine the next few pictures and try to deduce

What the habitat is for each type organism?

• Do lions and vultures share the same habitat?

• Do they have the same niche?

• Could the butterfly and the flowers share the same habitat?

• Do they have the same niche?

• Do polar bears, walrus, and seals share the same habitat?

• Do they have the same niche?

What is the habitat of a:

• “robin”• House cat• Earth worm• Pine tree• “bacteria in your small intestine”

The animals below share habitats.Are their niches the same?

The ant and the anteater

Spiders and flies

lions and gazelles

What do you think happens if two animals share the same niche

in the same habitat?

Competition for food and resources

The animal that is better adapted survives

What happens to the animal that looses?

Biotic vs Abiotic

• Living factors • Non-living factors

REVIEW VOCABULARY – AND THE AIM – AND THE OBJECTIVES

AIM: What are habitats and niches?

Explain how the two (or more) organisms may have the same habitat but different niches!

Habitat, Niche, biotic vs. Habitat, Niche, biotic vs. abiotic abiotic

Habitat, Niche, biotic vs. Habitat, Niche, biotic vs. abiotic abiotic

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AIM: What are habitats and niches?

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AIM: What are habitats and niches?