aim: what are habitats and niches? explain how two (or more) organisms may have the same habitat but...
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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
Class Activity:
Worksheets
Word Problems
AIM: What are habitats and niches?
Homework:
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AIM: What are habitats and niches?