8-How+does+competition+impact+evolution

Competition is one of the driving factors of Evolution. It is the survival of the fittest, everything competes for food, shelter, and other things essential to life.

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The diagram above shows two tree that are competing for sunlight. The one on the left is taller then the one on the right, so it is getting most of the light from the sun which is essential to the growth of the tree. As the taller tree gets more sunligh it is growing taller and the smaller trees growth is slower and will eventually end up dying. These two trees are a very good example of how competition contributes to evolution; the trees that get the most sunlight survive and can evolve and change accordingly, but the smaller less health trees don't have as long a life span and will soon die out.