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Page 178 Chapter 3: Interactions in Ecosystems Section 3: Relationships in Ecosystems 18/10/2020 5A1 How organisms avoid competition for resources? • For this lesson you will need your… • Science notebook • Pencil case • Textbook
LearningOutcomes Explain how organisms avoid competition for resources Keywords Niche, Habitat
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Explain how organisms avoid competition for resources Listening Activity- competition ENGAGE What is habitat? 2. What is niche? Write down answers in chat box.
How do organisms avoid competition? • An organism avoids competition by having a specific territory and a unique role within its ecosystem.
How do organisms avoid competition? • Habitat- the physical place where an organism lives and hunts for food.
How do organisms avoid competition? • Some creatures have very small habitats. Pill bugs, for example, spend most of their time under and around a stump or rock. • A bee’s habitat is larger. It is not only the hive where the bee lives. It also includes the fields and forests where the bee searches for flowers.
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How do organisms avoid competition? • Niche- is the special role that an organism plays in a community.
How do organisms avoid competition? • Two birds might live in the same location and eat the same food. • But one bird is active at night while the other is active during the day. • Therefore, the two birds occupy different niches.
How do organisms avoid competition? • In a similar way, two birds might share the same rain-forest habitat but eat different foods. One bird eats plants while the other eats insects.
How do organisms avoid competition? • In a similar way, two birds might share the same The two birds occupy two different niches in the community. • For example, honeycreepers are a group of related birds found on the same islands of Hawaii. • These birds all share the same habitat, but are able to avoid competing with each other by eating different foods.
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