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- Dictionaryhabitat/ˈhabɪtat/
noun
- 1. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism: "wild chimps in their natural habitat"
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1. a. : the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows. b. : the typical place of residence of a person or a group. the arctic habitat of the Inuit. c. : a housing for a controlled physical environment in which people can live under surrounding inhospitable conditions (as under the sea) 2.
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ecological niche.
Oct 19, 2023 · A habitat is a place where an organism makes its home. A habitat meets all the environmental conditions an organism needs to survive. For an animal, that means everything it needs to find and gather food, select a mate, and successfully reproduce. For a plant, a good habitat must provide the right combination of light, air, water, and soil.
The area or natural environment in which an organism or population normally lives. A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil, moisture, range of temperature, and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators.
HABITAT definition: 1. the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives: 2. the natural environment…. Learn more.
May 17, 2024 · Habitat, place where an organism or a community of organisms lives, including all living and nonliving factors or conditions of the surrounding environment. A host organism inhabited by parasites is as much a habitat as a terrestrial place such as a grove of trees or an aquatic locality such as a.
the natural surroundings in which an animal or plant usually lives. (Definition of habitat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of habitat.
The habitat of an animal or plant is the natural environment in which it normally lives or grows. In its natural habitat, the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft. Few countries have as rich a diversity of habitat as South Africa.
Your habitat is the environment you are accustomed to living in. Zoos usually try to mimic the habitats of the animals they keep, housing bats in a nocturnal house and monkeys in a cage with trees to climb and swing from.
1. the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism: a jungle habitat. 2. the place where one is usu. found. 3. a special environment for living in over an extended period, as an underwater research vessel. 4. habitation (def. 1).
