NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

Detailed explanation-3: -A predator is an organism that eats another organism. The prey is the organism which the predator eats. Some examples of predator and prey are lion and zebra, bear and fish, and fox and rabbit.

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.