AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A heterotroph is an organism that consumes other organisms in a food chain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Predator: an animal that kills and eats other animals. Context: Hawks and coyotes both eat small rodents; they are predators. Prey: animals that are killed and eaten by other animals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Predator/Prey Many of the interactions among species occur because one animal eats another. We call this relationship predator and prey or predation. The organism that is eaten is called the prey.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are four commonly recognized types of predation: (1) carnivory, (2) herbivory, (3) parasitism, and (4) mutualism. Each type of predation can by categorized based on whether or not it results in the death of the prey.

Detailed explanation-5: -Function of Tertiary Consumers Tertiary consumers often occupy the top trophic level, and so are predated by no other animals; in this case they are called “apex predators”.