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B1.3.10 Competition Lesson Slides

The document discusses competition among organisms for limited resources, highlighting the resources that plants and animals compete for, such as water, light, and mates. It includes definitions, explanations of food chains, and methods for measuring growth in relation to sunlight. Additionally, it features lesson objectives, check for understanding questions, and opportunities for feedback on the lesson.

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B1.3.10 Competition Lesson Slides

The document discusses competition among organisms for limited resources, highlighting the resources that plants and animals compete for, such as water, light, and mates. It includes definitions, explanations of food chains, and methods for measuring growth in relation to sunlight. Additionally, it features lesson objectives, check for understanding questions, and opportunities for feedback on the lesson.

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Competition

Answer the questions below.


1. State the definition of a biotic factor.
Any living organism that has an effect.
2. State the resources that plants need in order to survive.
Light, water, carbon dioxide, minerals

Do Now
3. Explain what the arrows in a food chain represent.
The direction of energy transfer.
4. Describe what is shown by a pyramid of biomass.
The total mass of living (or recently dead) tissue in each population in a
food chain.
5. Describe how you could use sampling to measure the effect of
sunlight on growth of grass.
Using systematic sampling with a transect from a sunny area to
a shaded area, with quadrats placed at regular intervals. The
number of blades of grass or height of grass could be counted
in each quadrat to determine if there is a pattern.
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Competition
B1.3.10

B1.3.1 Prior Knowledge Review B1.3.8 Trophic Levels


B1.3.2 Ecosystems B1.3.9 Biotic and Abiotic Factors
B1.3.3 Representative Sampling Ø B1.3.10 Competition
B1.3.4 Sampling Investigation
Maths in Science Lesson 8
B1.3.5 Measuring Plant Distribution
B1.3.6 Measuring Plant Distribution Analysis
B1.3.7 Food Chains and Food Webs
Following this lesson, students will be able to:

• State the resources that animals compete for

Lesson Objectives
• State the resources that plants compete for

• Describe changes that may increase competition within a community

Key Words:

competition resources space

mates predators territory


This is the fix-it portion of the lesson
The fix-it is an opportunity to respond to gaps in knowledge,
especially those identified by the previous lesson’s exit ticket.

• The teacher should customise this slide as needed, to facilitate


• reteach, explanation, demonstration or modelling of ideas and
concepts that students have not yet grasped or have

Fix-it
misunderstood.
• practice answering specific questions or of key skills.
• redrafting or improving previous work.
Competition

Competition is when organisms


compete for limited resources.

Animals compete with each other for

Introduction
space, mates and food.

Plants compete with each other for


space, water, minerals and light.

Which of these factors are abiotic and


which are biotic?
Competition Did you know?
The term
Some animals ‘pecking order’
compete for comes from
dominance. dominance
behaviour in

Introduction
This means they chickens.
control the territory
and access to food
and mates.
Competition
Determine if the following statements are true or false:

Check for understanding


1. Plants compete for water.
True
2. Animals compete for light.
False
3. Competition is only when organisms fight for mates.
False
4. The organisms that are the best at competing are more likely to
grow and survive.
True
5. Both animals and plants compete for space.
True
Which statements do you agree with?
Plants in the desert
Plants and animals must compete for
always have to sunlight.
compete for resources.

Talk Task
Animals compete The biggest
for mates so that organisms are
they can always the best
reproduce. competitors.
Answer the questions below.
1. Which of the following would daisies compete for in a field?
✓A. Water
q
q B. Predators
q C. Mates

Exit ticket
2. Plants compete for sunlight. What is the best explanation for this?
q A. Sunlight helps plants grow
✓ B. Sunlight is needed for photosynthesis, the process by which plants
q
make their own food
q C. Taller plants can reach more sunlight

3. Which of the following is an example of competition?


✓A. A lion marks out its territory
q
q B. The population of birds increases so the population of slugs decreases
q C. Cacti in the desert have lots of sunlight
Lesson B1.3.10

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