The animals' habitat was in the direct path of the forest fire.
which type of phrase or clause is underlined in the sentence?
a)noun phrase
b)verb phrase
c)adjectival clause
d)adverbial clause

Assuming the underlined part of the sentence is the word animals', the correct answer is A. noun phrase. It the center of the phrase, or rather, the most important part of a phrase, is a noun, such as in this case, then the whole phrase is called a noun phrase. It can function as a subject, object, or take some other functions in a sentence.