Habitat v. Niche

Feature an organism has that helps it survive in its habitat

• Adaptation

• Niche

• Habitat

• Predator

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Physical location where an organism lives

• Niche

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Adaptation

Role filled by an organism in an ecosystem (How it makes its living)

• Habitat

• Niche

• Adaptation

• Environment

An adaptation of the body (HAS it)

• Physical Adaptation

• Niche

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Mutation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Something an organism DOES in response to environmental stimulus

• Physical Adapation

• Environment

• Behavioral Adaptation

• Natural Selection

Organism that is consumed by another organism

• Predator

• Herbivore

• Prey

• Producer

Organism that hunts and consumes another organism

• Prey

• Scavenger

• Predator

• Omnivore

Group of the SAME organisms living in an area

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Species

DIFFERENT populations living together and interacting in an area

• Population

• Organism

• Community

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2