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.
Topic position
Section 2 of 14
Practice
15 questions
Recall
20 flashcards
🦁 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)