AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Predators are organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food. The organisms that are consumed by the predators are known as the prey. Predators can be carnivores and omnivores. Lions, tigers, sharks, and snakes, all are predators.

Detailed explanation-2: -The organism which hunts is called the predator and the other organism which is killed for food is called the prey. Some common examples of predation are a lion hunting, killing and eating a buffalo, a snake swallowing a frog and a polar bear killing and eating a seal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Organisms that attack, kill and feed on other organisms (prey) are called predators.

Detailed explanation-4: -A predator is an organism that captures and eats another (the prey). This act is called predation.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.