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KEY CONCEPT Every organism has a habitat and a niche.

KEY CONCEPT Every organism has a habitat and a niche. A habitat differs from a niche. A habitat is all aspects of the area in which an organism lives. biotic factors abiotic factors. An ecological niche includes all of the factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy, and reproduce.

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KEY CONCEPT Every organism has a habitat and a niche.

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  1. KEY CONCEPT Every organism has a habitat and a niche.

  2. A habitat differs from a niche. • A habitat is all aspects of the area in which an organism lives. • biotic factors • abiotic factors • An ecological niche includes all of the factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy, and reproduce. • food • abiotic conditions • behavior

  3. Resource availability gives structure to a community. • Species can share habitats and resources. • Competition occurs when two species use resources in the same way. • Competitive exclusion keeps two species from occupying the same niche.

  4. One species is better suited to the niche and the other will either be pushed out or become extinct. • The niche will be divided. • The two species will further diverge. • Competitive exclusion has different outcomes.

  5. Madagascar South America • Ecological equivalents are species that occupy similar niches but live in different geographical regions.

  6. KEY CONCEPT Organisms interact as individuals and as populations.

  7. Competition and predation are two important ways inwhich organisms interact. • Competition occurs when two organisms fight for thesame limited resource. • Intraspecificcompetition • Interspecificcompetition

  8. Predation occurs when one organism captures and eats another.

  9. Mutualism: both organisms benefit • There are three major types of symbiotic relationships.

  10. Commensalism Human Our eyelashes are home to tiny mites that feast on oil secretions and dead skin. Without harming us, up to 20 mites may be living in one eyelash follicle. Ø Demodicids Eyelash mites find all they need to survive in the tiny follicles of eyelashes. Magnified here 225 times, these creatures measure 0.4 mm in length and can be seen only with a microscope. + Ø + Organism is not affected Organism benefits • There are three major types of symbiotic relationships. • Commensalism: one organism benefits, the other is unharmed

  11. Braconid wasp Braconid larvae feed on their host and release themselves shortly before reaching the pupae stage of development. 0 Parasitism + _ Hornworm caterpillar The host hornworm will eventually die as its organs are consumed by wasp larvae. _ Organism benefits Organism is not affected 0 • There are three major types of symbiotic relationships. • Parasitism: one organism benefits, the other is harmed

  12. Parasitism meet their needs as ectoparasites (such as leeches) and endoparasites (such as hookworms)

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