A habitat (which's Latin for "it inhabits")'s an ecological or environmental area that's inhabited by a particular animal or plant species. It's the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds (influences and's utilized by) a species population. The term "species population"'s preferred to "organism" because, while it's possible to describe the habitat of a single black bear, we may not find any particular or individual bear but the grouping of bea… (More on Habitat)