Predator Prey Competition

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• Predator
• Prey
• Competition
• Adaptation

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Which of the following would be considered to be prey?

• an animal that has to hunt for its food
• an animal that is eaten by another animal
• an organism that makes it own food
• an organism that feeds on the blood of another animal

A consumer that hunts is called:

• a producer.
• an omnivore.
• a predator.
• a herbivore.

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How do consumers get their energy? 

• laying in the sun
• eating other organisms 
• providing food for other organisms
• surviving in an ecosystem 

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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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If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then the population will mostly likely...

• stay the same
• decrease
• increase
• reach carrying capacity

Water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often........

• abiotic limiting factors

• biotic limiting factors

• non-limiting factors

• exponetial factors

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According to the graph, what is causing the deer population to decrease

• They got sick

• The wolf population is decreasing

• The wolf population increased

• They ran out of food

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Predator population lags behind prey population because......

• Increase in predators leads to decrease in prey

• Increase in predators leads to increase in prey

• Increase in predators leads to decrease in producers

• Increase in producers leads to increase in prey

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____________________ interactions may reduce the number of organisms or eliminate whole populations of organisms.

• Competitve

• Predator-Prey

• Both Competitive & Predator-Prey

• Any!

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