1. In three to five sentences explain how resource scarcity, competition, and the survival of organisms are connected.
2. Your teacher asks you to write a paper that supports a claim with evidence. In three to five sentences, describe one claim you would like to make and discuss different forms of evidence you can collect to support your claim. Where would you look for this evidence?
1. Resource scarcity, competition, and the survival of organisms are closely interconnected in the natural world. When resources are limited, such as food, water, shelter, or mates, organisms must compete with one another for access to these resources in order to survive and reproduce. This competition drives natural selection, as those organisms with traits that give them a competitive advantage are more likely to survive and pass on their genes to the next generation. Over time, this process can lead to the evolution of new adaptations that improve the chances of survival in a given environment.
2. One claim I would like to make is that climate change is directly linked to human activities, specifically the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. To support this claim, I would gather evidence such as scientific studies, data on greenhouse gas emissions, temperature records, and case studies of the impact of human actions on the environment. I would look for this evidence in reputable scientific journals, reports from organizations like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), government agencies like NASA and the EPA, and environmental NGOs.