Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Organisms and Populations, Exercise 3: Level 3

Which of the following statements about interspecific competition are true?

(i) It is a competition between same species for same resources in an ecosystem.

(ii) It alters populations, communities and the evolution of interacting species.

(iii) The competition between leopards and lions for the same feed or prey is an example of interspecific competition.

(iv) It is a competition between same species for space.

Assertion (A): Intraspecific competition is more severe than interspecific competition.

Reason (R): In Intraspecific competition, members of the same species fight for the same resources.

If the population of a city of $100$ people increases at an intrinsic rate of $0.1,$ but the city only has access to food and housing for $200$ people, what will the current growth rate of the population be?

Select the correct match with respect to the population interaction.

Predators in nature are prudent because

The population density in a given habitat at time t+1 is represented by the relation:

Consider the following four conditions (i— iv) and select the correct pair about desert lizards. 
 (i) Burrowing in the soil to escape high temperature, 
(ii) Losing heat rapidly from the body during high temperature.
(iii) Bask in the sun when the temperature is low. 
(iv) Insulating body due to thick fatty dermis.

If high altitude birds become rare or extinct, the plants which may disappear along with them are :