Competition and Overproduction

Animals may fight, make threatening sounds,and act aggressively toward members of the same species. These behaviors usually occur as the result of:

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Competition

• Variation

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Organisms producing more offspring than are likely to survive in order to help ensure that at least some survive until adulthood is known as:

• Variation

• Overproduction

• Competition

• Evolution

Check any of the following concepts that are part of natural selection.

• overproduction

• genetic variation

• selection

• adaptation

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Many organisms in an ecosystem compete for which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

• Food/Water

• Shelter

• Mate

• Friends

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when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source

• competition

• completion

• cooperation

• consumerism

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Competition: When organisms attempt to use the same ​ (a)   ecological resources in the same place at the same time.

​ (b)   : between members of the same species

​ (c)   : between members of different species

• limited

• Intraspecific

• Interspecific

• unlimited

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Animals ​ (a)   with each other for ​ (b)   factors such as water and shelter. They compete for ​ (c)   factors such as other animals they eat. They also may compete to ​ (d)   biotic factors such as animals that eat them or cause disease.

• compete

• abiotic

• biotic

• avoid

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Factors that affect the process of natural selection ---- (check all that apply)

• Variations

• Adaptations

• Overproduction

• Competition

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What is the primary reason for competition among organisms in an ecosystem?

• Limited resources

• Abundance of food

• Stable climate

• Genetic diversity

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