AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The animal that kills another animal to feed on is called a “predator“. The one that is killed to be eaten is known as prey. The best example of predation is in carnivorous interaction.

Detailed explanation-2: -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. Predation influences organisms at two ecological levels.

Detailed explanation-3: -Predation is defined as the ecological process through which one animal (or creature) kills and feeds on another animal (or an organism). A “predator” is an animal that kills another animal to feed on. Examples are wolves hunting deer or moose, owls hunting mice, and lions hunting other animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Whether it is a roadrunner swallowing a lizard, a blue crab eating a fish, an American Egret catching a perch, a shark investigating a surface disturbance that could be a meal, or a man rounding up a cow for slaughter, the predator kills to provide food for itself or its family.