Predators and Prey

Question 1

Animals that eat other animals are called…

Answer 1

predators

Question 2

Animals that are eaten by other animals are called…

Answer 2

prey

Question 3

An animal that survives by eating only meat is called a

Answer 3

carnivore

Question 4

An animal that survives by eating only plants is called a

Answer 4

herbivore

Question 5

An animal that can survive by eating both plants and animals is called an

Answer 5

omnivore

Question 6

Give some examples of predators

Answer 6

Lion
Spider
Blackbird
Tiger
Owl
Kestrel
Cat

Question 7

Give some examples of prey

Answer 7

Zebra
Wildebeest
Worm
Mouse
Rabbits

Question 8

We call the number of organisms that live in a habitat the…

Answer 8

population

Question 9

What limits the size of a population in a habitat?

Answer 9

The amount of food available

Question 10

What happens to the number of predators in a habitat as the number of prey increases?

Answer 10

The number of predators increases because more food

Question 11

What happens to the number of predators in a habitat as the number of prey decreases?

Answer 11

The number of predators decrease because less food

Question 12

Why might the number of prey in a habitat decrease?

Answer 12

Disease
Deforestation
Temperature changes (global warming)

Question 13

What is the name of the disease that wiped out a large amount of the rabbit population in the UK in the 1950s

Answer 13

Myxomatosis