AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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. Context: Rabbits and crickets are both eaten by bigger animals; they are prey.

Detailed explanation-2: -A carnivorous animal that hunts other animals is called a predator; an animal that is hunted is called prey.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prey is an animal hunted for food. If you’re a delicious-looking deer during hunting season, watch your back! You’re the prey for all those guys in orange jackets carrying rifles. Prey can also mean the human subject of an attack, or ridicule, by another person.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prey: an animal that is killed by another animal for food. (Example: field mouse is eaten by a house cat.) Carnivore: an animal whose diet is mostly meat. (Example: red-tailed hawk.)

Detailed explanation-5: -In predation, one organism kills and consumes another. Predation provides energy to prolong the life and promote the reproduction of the organism that does the killing, the predator, to the detriment of the organism being consumed, the prey.