Answer and Explanation:
The answer is A. These are examples of competition because the organisms are fighting for resources.
This is because both pairs of species are fighting for the same thing in order to live.
It is NOT:
B. because the passage was NOT saying that woodpeckers and squirrels are eaten by lions and cheetahs. They mention both of them, but they are mentioning the competition that each pair face.
C. Predation isn't taking each other's foods and homes, it is eating one another, and that isn't what is happening in the given situations.
D. This is incorrect because the species that doesn't get what they need are harmed because they don't have shelter or food to live, while the other helps itself to the food/shelter.
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