PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS

Starter – page 61
a) 150kJ (1500-1350)

b) 15kJ (150-135)

c) 10% (150/1500 x 100)

d) Heat & Faeces

e) Energy is lost at each stage of the food chain; so there

not enough energy left to support another predator
Homework
check
 BIG IDEA – The flow of energy through food chains and how
the organisms interact

PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS

LI - Describe how changes in predator or prey numbers affect

population numbers.
PREDATORS
 PREDATORS

• Predators hunt, kill and eat other organisms.

• Prey are organisms that are eaten by predators.
• In a food web this is a very important relationship.
• Predators keep prey numbers down, so the ecosystem stays in balance.
PREDATOR-PREY
GRAPH
 A graph to show the changes in Lynx and rabbit numbers over time

1000

800

600
Number

400

200

0
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Year

Lynx Rabbits
POPULATION QUESTIONS
 HOMEWORK

• Create cue cards on the ecology glossary (page 25 and 35)

• On each cue card, write the name on one side and its definition on the
other.