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Competition
Competition
Competition
Competition
What is competition?
Competition in plants
Predator–prey relationships
Multiple-choice quiz
Competition
What is competition?
Competition in plants
Predator–prey relationships
Multiple-choice quiz
food
water
space
mates
Competition
What is competition?
Competition in plants
Predator–prey relationships
Multiple-choice quiz
light
minerals
water
space
Competition
What is competition?
Competition in plants
Predator–prey relationships
Multiple-choice quiz
lynx
(thousands)
100
50
0
1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900
year
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Predator–prey graph
How does the lynx population depend on the number of
snowshoe hares?
150 Take a closer snowshoe
hare
estimated population size
100
50
0
1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900
time (year)
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Predator–prey graph section
Why does the peak for the lynx population always come after
the peak for the number of snowshoe hares?
150 snowshoe
hare
estimated population size
lynx
For the populations
(thousands)
0
1850 1855 1860 1865
time (year)
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Predator–prey cycle
Predator and prey population sizes follow a cycle.
What happens if the prey population increases?
normal prey population
prey population prey population
increases increases
predator predator
population population
decreases increases
as less food as more food
prey population decreases
because of more predators
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Predator–prey cycle
Predator and prey population sizes follow a cycle.
What happens if the prey population decreases?
normal prey population
prey population prey population
decreases increases
predator predator
population population
decreases increases
as less food as more food
prey population increases
because of less predators
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Competition
What is competition?
Competition in plants
Predator–prey relationships
Multiple-choice quiz