Interspecific Competition

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Science
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12th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Charles Martinez
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11 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these is NOT an example of interspecific competition?
Oysters and barnacles competing for settling space on the rocky shore
Goats and sheep in the same paddock competing for grass
Ferns and kawakawa competing for shaded locations in a forest
Stags competing for mates
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these are conditions required for two species to compete? (select all that are correct):
Live in the same habitat
Use the same resources
Active at the same time of day
Have different niches
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these best describes interspecific competition?
One species benefits while another species is harmed
One species benefits while another species is killed
One species is harmed and the other species is harmed too
One species benefits while nothing happens to the other species
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to two competing species that have exactly the same niche?
Both of them will move into their realised niches to avoid competition
One of them will move into its realised niche to avoid competing and the other better competitor will take up its fundamental niche
One of them will go extinct in the local area and the other one will take over the niche
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens in competitive exclusion?
Both species go extinct
One species moves into its realised niche to avoid competition and the better competitor is free to take up the rest of the niche
One species goes extinct and the other takes over the fundamental niche
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-1
NGSS.MS-LS2-2
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these best describes contest competition?
One species wins the competition and the other species loses (it goes extinct in the local habitat).
One species wins the competition and the other species is forced into a smaller realised niche.
Both species lose and go extinct
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these is NOT a type of niche differentiation to reduce competition?
Succession
Zonation
Stratification
Allelopathy
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