ECOLOGY
ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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an area with only abiotic factors
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a large area of land that is known for its climate and organisms
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a small area within a habitat with food water and shelter for organisms to live
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an area that provides shelter and food for organisms and can contain many microhabitats.
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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. A microhabitat is a small area which differs somehow from the surrounding habitat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Habitat – place where an organism lives; provides the food, shelter, moisture, temperature, and other factors required for the organism’s survival.
Detailed explanation-3: -(ˌmaikrouˈhæbɪˌtæt) noun. an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal. [1930–35; micro-+ habitat]
Detailed explanation-4: -Ecosystem: The collection of all living organisms in a geographic area, together with all the living and non-living things with which they interact. Terrestral Ecosystems (land-based) ecosystems.
Detailed explanation-5: -Microhabitats are the small-scale physical requirements of a particular organism or a community of organisms. For example, a decomposing log in a forest supports a distinct population of decomposers, plants, and invertebrates, but the forest houses the log itself.