The student will investigate and understand that interactions exist among members of a population. Key concepts include
competition, cooperation, social hierarchy, territorial imperative
influence of behavior on a population.
Kinds of Interactions
Individual members of a population interact with each other. These interactions include competing with each other for basic resources, mates, territory, and cooperating with each other to meet basic needs.
The establishment of a social order in a population may ensure that labor and resources are adequately shared.
The establishment of a territory ensures that members of a population have adequate habitat to provide for basic resources.
Individual behaviors and group behaviors can influence a population.
Animals exhibit needs for food, water, gases, shelter and space for which they compete.
These needs may often be met in a range of conditions.
Too much may be as harmful as too little (e.g., too much food or too little water).
categorize behaviors as examples of competition, cooperation, social
hierarchy, or territorial imperative.