Competition

Question 1

What is intraspecific competition?

Answer 1

-competition between members of the same species

Question 2

What is interspecific competition?

Answer 2

-competition between members of different species

Question 3

What is an example of intraspecific competition?

Answer 3

• limpet competing for algae, which is their main food

- they more algae available the larger the limpet population becomes

Question 4

What is the competitive exclusion principle?

Answer 4

• the population of a less advantageous species will diminish where as the more advantageous population increases
• if conditions remain the same this will lead to the complete removal of one species