EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A habitat is an environment where an organism lives throughout the year or for shorter periods of time to find a mate. The habitat contains all an animal needs to survive such as food and shelter.

Detailed explanation-2: -An organism’s environment is the sum of all external factors to which it is exposed, including biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) factors. Biotic factors include influences by members of the same and other species on the development and survival of the individual.

Detailed explanation-3: -A habitat is the place where an organism lives while a niche is that organism’s role within that environment. Habitat focuses on how the environment impacts the organism while nich focuses on how the organism impacts the environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Every ecosystem is composed of two basic units: a) Biota: the living organisms-all plant & animal species. b) Abiotic: the non-living physical and chemical component consisting of wind, temperature, water, soil, precipitation etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life. Ecosystems contain biotic or living, parts, as well as abiotic factors, or nonliving parts.