ECOLOGY
ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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decomposer
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prey
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photosynthesis
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herbivore
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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: -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-3: -A carnivore is an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals. Sometimes carnivores are called predators. Organisms that carnivores hunt are called prey.
Detailed explanation-4: -Predators are usually carnivores (meat-eaters) or omnivores (eats plants and other animals). Predators will hunt other animals for food. Examples of predators are hawks, eagles, falcons, cats, crocodiles, snakes, raptors, wolves, killer whales, lobsters, lions, and sharks.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.)