What determines whether two species will live harmoniously together, or whether competition will result in the extinction of one of them and the survival of the other?

In what ways do you think species matter and it is important to protect species from extinction, or keep them flourishing? Is there something about species or biodiversity that makes it inherently to-be-valued?

What role do predators play in an ecosystem?

In a food web, two different species can directly affect each other’s abundance via _ competition or may in fact have their abundance indirectly regulated by a higher trophic level, a phenomenon called ____ competition. a) Intraspecific, apparent b) Interspecific, apparent c) Intraspecific, apparent d) Apparent, interspecific