Predator Prey Relationships

In ecosystems, organisms rely on each other. This is called

• Interdependence

• relationships

• predation

• habitat

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the act of one animal seeking out, killing and consuming another animal

• Predation

• Herbivory

• Symbiosis

• cooperation

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Predator prey relationships are important for

• Population control

• intraspecific competition

• Symbiosis

• community diversity

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All predators are large, warm and fuzzy

• true

• false

Which is an example of a predator?

• Lady bug

• Spider

• Fox

• Rabbit

When an animal consumes plant matter the relationship is

• Herbivory

• Predation

• Prey

• Hunting

Herbivores can impact the size and distribution of plant

• Populations

• Communities

• Resources

• nutrients

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Herbivores help plants by

• distributing seeds

• Destroying roots

• Eating bugs

• trampiling vegetation

When predators are removed from an ecosystem it can cause

• a trophic cascade

• a boom in the plant population

• a decrease in the herbivore population

• rivers to over flow their banks

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The reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park

• Made the ecosystem more stable

• Made the ecosystem less stable

• Eliminated moose from the park

• Caused an increase in the deer population

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