Competition

Todat we will be following on from the adaptations we looked at and talking about competition.  Asnwer the following questions in our books:

1. What is competition between organisms? - http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Competition
2. Plants compete for which resources?  - http://www.saburchill.com/ans02/chapters/chap019.html
3. Do organisms like plants or animals always compete for the same resources? - http://www.biotopics.co.uk/newgcse/Competition.html
4. When does competition occur between organisms (what conditions need to happen?)? - http://www.biotopics.co.uk/newgcse/Competition.html
5. When individuals are in competition, which ones are the most likely to survive? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/evolution/evolutionrev2.shtml
6. Explain what happens when an organism becomes adapted to a new environment (scroll down to 'competitive speciation' - http://redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/2.About%20Biodiversity/processes.htm 
7. Try this game, making sure you take careful notice of how your animals are competing for different resources! - http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin/darwin.html 

Once youre finished, try http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/natures-most-amazing-events/animal-arcade/lion.html