Ecosystem Question 2
2. Niche is
[2018]
(a) all the biological factors in the organism’s environment
(b) the physical space where an organism lives
(c) the functional role played by the organism where it lives
(d) the range of temperature that the organism needs to live
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Answer : c
Hints & Solutions
(c) Joseph Grinnell in 1917 coined the term niche, which he used as largely equivalent to a species habitat. It refers the functional role played by the organism where it lives.
