AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

SOURCES OF VARIATION IN A POPULATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An animal that is hunted as food
A
prey
B
predator
C
decomposer
D
producer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Prey is an animal that is hunted and killed by another animal for food. The hunter is known as predator.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prey are animals which are hunted for food by carnivores and omnivores alike.

Detailed explanation-3: -Big game: white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, elk, caribou, bear, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, pronghorn, pigs (both wild and feral), javelina, bison.

Detailed explanation-4: -Predators are carnivores, which means their diet consists of meat. Some predators, such as coyotes and bears, are also scavengers, meaning they will eat the carcasses of animals that they didn’t hunt themselves. Opposite of predator, you have prey-the animals predators hunt and eat.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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