Interspecific competition can affect the phenotypic characteristics of organisms.

Question

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Answer 1

True

Clarify Question
• What is the key concept addressed by the question?
        o The question requires an understanding of interspecific competition and how it might affect organisms involved in the competitive relationship.
• What type of thinking is required?
        o This is an application question; you need to apply your knowledge of character displacement and interspecific competition to determine if the statement is true or false.

Gather Content
• What do you already know about interspecific competition? What other information is related to the question? 
        o Character displacement occurs when a species' range overlaps with a competitor. Often in areas of sympatry, competing species tend to diverge from each other in order to reduce level of competition.

Choose Answer
• Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?
        o Where two species occur together, they often tend to exhibit character displacement. Character displacement is a result of natural selection. Since evolution acts on genes, it can alter the genotypes and therefore phenotypes of those species in competition

Reflect on Process
• Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
        o You needed to apply your knowledge of character displacement and interspecific competition to decide if the statement is true or false. Were you able to select the correct answer?