EcologyKey Facts

What Do ANIMALS Compete For?

Part of Competition AdaptationsGCSE Biology

This key facts covers What Do ANIMALS Compete For? within Competition Adaptations for GCSE Biology. Topic 2: Competition Adaptations It is section 2 of 14 in this topic. Use this key facts to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.

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🦁 What Do ANIMALS Compete For?

  • Food — to get energy for survival and reproduction
  • Water — essential for all life processes
  • Territory/space — for finding food, shelter, and breeding
  • Mates — to reproduce and pass on genes
  • Shelter — protection from predators and weather

Types of competition:

  • Interspecific — between DIFFERENT species (e.g., lions and hyenas competing for zebra)
  • Intraspecific — between the SAME species (e.g., male deer competing for females)

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Practice Questions for Competition Adaptations

Which of the following do plants compete for?

  • A. Light, water, space and minerals
  • B. Light, water and territory
  • C. Food, water and mates
  • D. Oxygen, water and shelter
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Explain how the spines of a cactus are an adaptation to its desert environment.

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