Niches

Question 1

what is a niche?

Answer 1

the role of species within its ecosystem

Question 2

why must every organisms niche be different?

Answer 2

to avoid competition

Question 3

Example

Answer 3

bird predators in shore community with carnivorous diets. niches separated by different gathering behaviour

Question 4

niche examples are…..

Answer 4

what an organism eats
where they eat
when they eat
how they find food
what time of year breeding occurs
temperature organism can survive in.

Question 5

what happens when niches overlap?

Answer 5

organisms will compete as if they are the same species because they share the same resources. without interbreeding the species with highest birth rate will take niche

Question 5

what is an adaptation?

Answer 5

features members of the same species have that increase their chances of survival.

Question 6

what are the 3 types of adaptations?

Answer 6

structural
behavioural
functional