An organism’s niche is its role within an ecosystem including all interactions with other organisms as well as with the non-living aspects of the environment.
An ecosystem can only support a limited population size of any species and this is known as the carrying capacity.
Lessons
| 1 | Niches | ||||||
| 2 | Population changes: biotic and abiotic factors | ||||||
| 3 | Carrying capacity / S and J curves | ||||||
Practicals
- Investigate factors that affect an organism’s niche using a computer simulation. (Simulation here).
Essay Task
“Niche is a term typically associated with wild plants and animals. Describe a human’s niche, using examples to support your answer, and justify whether the term can be correctly applied to humans.” [9 marks]
The essay should marked using the Paper 2, Section B essay markbands.
Google Docs Version
Open the link and make a copy to your own drive. The doc can easily be shared as an “Assignment” on Google Classroom.
A markbands rubric designed for Google Classroom is available here.