LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A microhabitat is a place where an organism lives, but on a much smaller scale. Usually when talking about microhabitats, people are referring to the places where small creatures live, like a worm or a beetle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Description: Microhabitats can be found anywhere and they can lead to amazing exploration and discovery. An overturned decomposing log or the underside of a rock in a stream are excellent examples of microhabitats. Both a habitat and a microhabitat have typical abiotic (e.g. water, temperature, light. etc.)

Detailed explanation-3: -A microhabitat can be as small as a fallen branch or the space under a stone. Examples of different microhabitats we might find in our local environment…

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of microhabitats on the short grass prairie of the Llano Estacado include temporary pools of water, a decomposing log or animal, cryptobiotic soils, lichen growth, under rocks, leaf litter, termite tubes, and the interior of an ant bed.