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Classify predator-prey interactions

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Classify predator-prey interactions — free printable Middle School Science worksheet

Middle school students classify predator-prey interactions in this life science worksheet, building a clear understanding of how energy flows through ecosystems via feeding relationships. Teachers can use it within a symbiosis and ecosystems unit to help students distinguish predation from other ecological relationships using concrete examples. Classifying predator-prey dynamics develops both content knowledge and the scientific thinking skill of categorization based on evidence.

Learning objectives

  • Classify ecological interactions as predator-prey relationships using defining criteria
  • Explain the roles of predator and prey and how their populations affect each other
  • Distinguish predation from mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism using examples

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