IB Biology SL 4.1.1 Ecological Niche Question Bank
Practise IB Biology SL 4.1.1 by explaining an ecological niche as an organism’s role, resources and way of life within its ecosystem.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2025
- Course
- Biology SL
- Level
- SL
Practise IB Biology SL 4.1.1 by explaining an ecological niche as an organism’s role, resources and way of life within its ecosystem.
12. Ecologists studied the distribution of five species of insectivorous wood warblers of the genus Dendorica living on different parts of coniferous trees in mature forests.

Other than position in the tree, suggest two ways in which the niches of the warblers in the ecosystem may differ.
1:
2:
a. different food/prey;
b. different predators;
c. active at different times of the day;
d. present at different times of the year;
e. different nest sites;
f. different temperatures;
Marking guidance:
Do not accept "different habitats"
2 max