You Are a Passenger on a Spaceship

question 58

Multiple Choice

You are a passenger on a spaceship.As the speed of the spaceship increases,you will observe

• A)the length of your spaceship getting shorter.
• B)the length of your spaceship getting longer.
• C)the length of your spaceship is zero.
• D)no change in the length of your spaceship.

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Definitions:

Predation

The biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

Competitive Exclusion

A principle stating that two species competing for the same resource cannot coexist at constant population values, if other ecological factors remain constant.

Interspecific Competition

A form of competition between individuals of different species competing for the same resource in an ecosystem.

Intraspecific Competition

A situation in ecology where individuals of the same species compete for the same resources in an ecosystem, such as food, space, or mates.