Ecology Competition

Interaction among individuals in an ecosystem that need the same common resource

(a)  

• Competition
• Intra-specific interactions
• Inter-specific interactions
• Interference competition
• Exploitation competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Interactions occurring between organisms of the same species.

(a)  

• Intra-specific interactions
• Intra-specific interactions
• Exploitation competition
• Competitive exclusion
• Apparent competition

Interactions occurring between two or

more species

(a)  

• Inter-specific interactions
• Intra-specific interactions
• Exploitation competition
• Apparent competition
• Competitive exclusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Competition where an organism directly alters and affects another when vying for a resource.

• Exploitation competition

• Competitive exclusion

• Interference competition

• Apparent competition

• Inter-specific interactions

Individuals interact indirectly trying to obtain the same resources, such as food, space, or territory.

• Interference competition

• Competitive exclusion

• Apparent competition

• Exploitation competition

Two individuals do not directly compete for resources but affect each other indirectly by being prey for the same predator.

• Competitive exclusion

• Apparent competition

• Exploitation competition

• Interference competition

When the inferior competitor is eliminated from an area over time.

• Exploitation competition

• Apparent competition

• Interference competition

• Competitive exclusion

In this picture, the ZEBRA is the __________________

• predator
• prey

In this picture, the lion is the __________________

• predator
• prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What type of competition does this picture show?

• Interspecific
• Commensialism
• Intraspecific
• Friendly