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Introduction: Species interact and compete with each other in an ecosystem for their survival. Similar species also compete for
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According to the competitive exclusion principle,a. one species is always more competitive than another for a particular food source.b. competition excludes multiple species from using the same food source.c. no two species can occupy the same niche at the same time.d. competition limits the reproductive capacity of species.
1. Which of the following is most true about interspecific competition?
a. It involves interaction between individuals of the same species.
b. It is the greatest between organisms that occupy different ecological niches.
c. It can be easily demonstrated to occur in natural environments.
d. It is the greatest between organisms that physically share similar ecological niches.
e. It increases with resource partitioning.
2. Which of the following is true in relation to predation:
a. The predator is negatively affected and the prey is positively affected.
b. The predator population always increases and the prey population always decreases in size.
c. The predator-prey population cycle exhibits a sinusoidal pattern on a graph.
d. The prey can never be protected against its predator.
e. The snowshoe hare and lynx cycling study demonstrated that predator-prey cycling is not influenced by any
other factors.
3. Water that is used in the production of a good or a service, is referred to as:
a)…
Red and gray squirrels actively fight over tree space for nest building in my backyard. Injuries have been observed, and the presence of one species limits the survival and
reproduction of the other. What type of competition is this?
A. Interference
B. Exploitation
C. Allelopathy
O D. Logistic
E. Hierarchal
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