Question

question 2 0.5 pts if you study how two species of finches compete for food, you are trying to answer a question about ______. ecosystems ecology organismal ecology community ecology population ecology

Explanation:

• Ecosystems ecology focuses on the interactions between biotic (living) and abiotic (non - living) components of an ecosystem. Since the question is about two species competing (biotic - biotic interaction), this is not the focus.
• Organismal ecology is concerned with how an individual organism adapts to its environment. Here, we are looking at the interaction between two species, not an individual's adaptation.
• Community ecology studies the interactions (such as competition, predation, mutualism) between different species within a community. Competition for food between two finch species is a species - to - species interaction, which falls under community ecology.
• Population ecology is about the dynamics (growth, density, etc.) of a single population. The question involves two species, so it is not about a single population.

Answer:

community ecology