Competition in Ecosystems
Source from which organisms benefit.
resources
Explain the difference between biotic and abiotic factors.
One is living, one isn't
A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime
RENEWABLE RESOURCE
The basic building block of matter; made of electron(s), proton(s), and neutron(s)
atoms
Mountain lions and coyotes _____ for food resources because they eat the same type of food.
compete
Environmental interactions include the ______ between the living and nonliving factors in an ecosystem.
relationships
Clean water to drink and the foods we eat are _____ that are vital to human life.
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Competition becomes more important as the number of individuals _____or the availability of resources _____.
Competition becomes more important as the number of individuals INCREASES or the availability of resourcesDECREASES.
Plants and animals may compete over _____
resources
Many natural resources are
EVENLY OR UNEVENLY distributed around the world.
UNEVENLY
How does competition limit the amount of individuals in populations?
If there is more competition, organisms will have to work harder for resources and not all have the resources they need to survive.
In a forest habitat, how are the populations of rabbits and foxes dependent on each other?
Fox are predators and rabbit are prey
If the rabbit population goes down, the fox population would also go down. If the rabbits increased, so would the fox.
Describe the possible impacts in the future of using a renewable resource.
The resource could be renewed in the future.