Niche and Habitat

A niche is a _________ that an organism plays in its habitat.

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A nest is an example of a

• Habitat

• Niche

A bird hunting for a worm is an example of a

• Niche

• Habitat

A sapsuckers tap for running sap in the spring time by drilling holes in the tree to find termites is an example of

• Niche

• habitat

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Taking care of the young is an example of a

• Niche

• Habitat

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A habitat is ___________________.

• the place or kind of place in which an animal or plant naturally lives.

• is how plants produce their own food.

• is an animal that only eats meat.

• the place where only one animal lives.

A niche ________________.

• is the function that an organism performs in the food web of that community.

• includes everything else the organism does and needs in its environment.

• is specific to each individual animal and plant.

• All of the above.

An organism’s habitat provides _____________________.

• food, water, shelter, and space.

• food, water, and clothes.

• only food.

• video games, ninjas, and baked beans.

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A squirrels niche would be _________________.

• hunting prey and providing meat for other squirrels.

• searching for fish to eat in the ocean.

• staying busy storing nuts and seeds for winter.

• help decompose other animals and plants.

A squirrels habitat would be _____________.

• Ocean

• Arctic

• Forest

• Dessert