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Competition in animals
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- 1What is competition in animals?Animals often have to compete with each other for limited resources. This is known as animal competition.
- 2Why do animals and plants compete?Animals and plants compete for limited resources - the most well adapted ones survive and win
- 3What do animals compete for?Animals compete for:
→ Food
→ water
→ Territory/ space to breed
→ a partner to breed with. - 4How do animals avoid competition?Animals avoid competition by:
→ eating foods which no other animal eats
→ some animals eat a wide range of foods - 5Why is it important that an animal eats various different foods?If animals do not eat a wide range of foods, they are more at risk of dying out if that food suddenly becomes unavailable for some reason.
- 6Define intraspecific competitionIntraspecific competition is the competition of animals with the same species.
- 7Define inter specific competitioninter specific competition is competition of animals with members of a DIFFERENT species.
- 8What do herbivores compete for?Herbivores compete for plants. It is especially important for them to eat a wide range of foods. If they do, they are more likely to be successful.
- 9What do carnivores compete for?→ Meat.
There is strong intraspecific and inter specific competition. The best adapted are most likely to be successful. - 10Give some adaptations of successful predators.Successful predators:
→ long legs for running
→ sharp eyes and hearing
→ camouflage
- these features are passed down to their offspring. - 11How do prey survive? What adaptations do they have?→ camouflage colouring, so as to not get seen.
→ good hearing, to hear a predator approaching
→ warning colours & poisons inside them. - 12What are the two ways that males compete for females?→ DISPLAY: spectacular colours, tails, feathers, etc. Use them to warn other males, too.
→ FIGHTING: in some species, the males fight between themselves e.g deer, lions. - 13What qualities make a successful competitor in animals?→ adapt to find food and water
→must breed
→ avoid competition
→eat things that no one else does
→ defend territory - some animals mark their territory with urine, or faeces. - 14What are some disadvantages to the methods that some animals use to compete for females?1) those who do not have bright colours or a good display won't get the female.
2) those who lose the fight also usually don't end up getting females, either.
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- Competition in animals. Made using Miss Aziza's presentation.
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