All of the conditions under which an organism could conceivably survive and reproduce constitute its
A) habitat.
B) realized niche.
C) fundamental niche.
D) resource partition.

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The fundamental niche is the full range of environmental conditions and resources in which a species can survive and reproduce without competition. It includes factors like temperature, moisture, and nutrients. The realized niche is the actual range of conditions and resources that a species occupies in the presence of competition from other species. The habitat refers to the physical location where an organism lives, and resource partitioning occurs when species divide resources to avoid competition. Therefore, the best choice is C, which refers to the fundamental niche.

All of the Conditions Under Which an Organism Could Conceivably