AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A habitat is a place where an organism makes its home. A habitat meets all the environmental conditions an organism needs to survive. For an animal, that means everything it needs to find and gather food, select a mate, and successfully reproduce.

Detailed explanation-2: -A habitat can be referred to as a home. This is a home that is a natural environment in which an animal, plant, or other organism lives; it has features that support survival and reproduction of the species that live there.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explain that the place an animal lives is called its habitat. This is the place where the animal finds all of the food it needs, all of the water it needs, and a home to live in.

Detailed explanation-4: -An organism’s way of life within an ecosystem is called its niche. An organism’s niche includes food, shelter, its predators, the temperature, the amount of moisture the organism needs to survive, etc.