Predator/Prey Vocab Review

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• Predator
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

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The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction

• Predator
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

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The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same resource

• Predator
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

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The role of an organism in its habitat, or how it makes its living

• Niche
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive

• Niche
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

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Camouflage is an example of an ______________________ that a prey might have to survive.

• Niche
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

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On a safari at night, a lion hunts and feeds on an antelope. In this relationship, the lion is the ____________________ and the antelope is the _________________.

• Parasite/host
• Predator/prey
• Prey/Predator

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In predation, the organism that kills another organism for food is the prey.

• True
• False

A tapeworm, which is living inside a mouse's body is a predator.

• True
• False

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If a hawk eats a snake, the snake is the...

• Predator
• Alpha
• Prey
• Mutualistic partner

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