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The idea

Different organisms living in the same habitat may use its resources in different ways and face different conditions, as night-active and day-active animals do, and so coexist in harmony.

Day and night

A forest is warm during the day and cool at night. A snake comes out at night. A rodent is active in the day.

Can both live in the same forest?

• Yes, they face different conditions and coexist
• No, they would fight all the time
• No, only one can live there

Day and night

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Living in harmony

Each habitat has its own living and non-living components. Different organisms in the same habitat may use the resources in different ways and face different conditions. This is how living organisms coexist in harmony in the same habitat.

Different organisms in the same habitat may use its resources differently and face different conditions (for example, night-active and day-active animals). So they coexist in harmony.

Notes

Organisms in one habitat use resources differently, so they coexist in harmony.

Check yourself

A snake active at night and a rodent active in the day live in the same forest. They …

A forest is …

Organisms in the same habitat may …

Night-active and day-active animals in one habitat face …

• coexist in harmony — correct. Yes!
• cannot live together. They face different conditions, so they coexist.
• must move away. They use the habitat differently and coexist.
• cold in the day and hot at night. A forest is warm in the day and cool at night.
• warm during the day and cool at night — correct. Yes!
• the same at all times. It is warm in the day and cool at night.
• all use it in the same way. They may use the resources in different ways.
• never use the resources. They use the habitat's resources, in different ways.
• use its resources in different ways — correct. Yes!
• different conditions — correct. Yes!
• exactly the same conditions. Night and day are different conditions.
• no conditions. They face different conditions.