Questions where students often pick the tempting wrong answer — make sure you know the right one:
Why is interspecific competition between similar species important?✗ Competition only happens between predators and their prey.✓ Two species cannot occupy exactly the same niche indefinitely — competition often leads to displacement or niche divergence.
What does the carrying capacity (K) of an environment represent?✗ The starting population size✓ The maximum population the environment can sustain
Which is a density-dependent factor on population growth?✗ A volcano eruption✓ Spread of an infectious disease
Practise Ecology & Ecosystems — free games
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