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GCSE Biology · key term
The feeding interaction in which one organism, the predator, catches and eats another, the prey.
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Specification 9.2 · Paper 2
Revise: Abiotic and Biotic FactorsPredation is another biotic factor. If the number of predators rises, more prey may be eaten and the prey population may fall. With fewer prey available as food, predators may then survive or reproduce less successfully, so their population may also fall.
Specification B4.1g · Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher)
An interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, the prey.
Classify an interaction by its effect on each species: mutualism benefits both; parasitism benefits the parasite but harms the host; predation benefits the predator and harms the prey.
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In predation, a predator kills and eats prey. The predator benefits by obtaining food, while the individual prey is harmed.