Task 2

Question 1

Niche

Answer 1

A subset of habitat where only a particular species lives.

Question 2

Ecological niche

Answer 2

The way that an organism occupies a position in an ecosystem, including how they interact with the biotic and abiotic factors.

Question 3

Bog

Answer 3

A type of wet land in which the water is acidic and low in nutrients.

Question 4

Predator

Answer 4

An organism that kills or consumes other organisms.

Question 5

Prey

Answer 5

An organisms that is eaten as a food by a predator.

Question 6

Bottom-up regulation

Answer 6

is when the species a lower trophic level species decrease which leads to the decline of predators as well.

Question 7

Bottom-up regulation

Answer 7

is when the species a lower trophic level species decrease which leads to the decline of predators as well.

Question 8

Top-down

Answer 8

is when a lower trophic level species increases in population and then the predator increases in population, which then leads into the decrease of prey population.

Question 9

Types of niche partitioning

Answer 9

• spatial niche partitioning
• dietary niche partitioning
• niche partitioning by plant height
• niche partitioning by time and grass hegjt