alleryCompetition for food and space among individuals belonging to the same species is which type of struggle for existence?
AInterspecific struggle
BEnvironmental struggle
CIntraspecific struggle
DReproductive struggle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Intraspecific struggle
1. Darwin described three types of struggle for existence.
2. Competition among members of the same species is intraspecific struggle.
3. Competition between organisms of different species is interspecific, which rules out option A.
4. So same-species competition is intraspecific struggle, option C.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 19 Origin and Evolution of Life "Darwinism", p.285_
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