EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -In predation, one organism kills and consumes another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Predation is an interaction in which one organism, the predator, eats all or part of the body of another organism, the prey. Herbivory is a form of predation in which the prey organism is a plant. Predator and prey populations affect each other’s dynamics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Predation is a community relationship in which organisms in one species, called the predator, consume tissues of organisms in another species, called the prey. Often this means killing the prey and eating all or most of the prey organism.

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.