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Predator/Prey Interactions

Predator/Prey Interactions. Shell game!. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEvcS01Cl0. Your Thoughts on Predators/Prey. Predators. Prey. What kinds to we have in the forests? What kinds to we have in the oceans? Are they small? Are they numerous? Can we eat them? Do we??.

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Predator/Prey Interactions

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  1. Predator/Prey Interactions

  2. Shell game! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEvcS01Cl0

  3. Your Thoughts on Predators/Prey Predators Prey What kinds to we have in the forests? What kinds to we have in the oceans? Are they small? Are they numerous? Can we eat them? Do we?? • What kinds to we have in the forests? • What kinds to we have in the oceans? • Are they big? • Are they numerous? • Can they harm us? • Do they?? • Do they compete with us?

  4. What characteristics/adaptations are useful to them? Predators Prey

  5. Was that game fair? • Was it a good analogy? • Why? • Why not?

  6. Round 2 • … then graphs

  7. Taking this one step further… • What limits/controls the system? • Top-down controls • We’re talking about predators • Bottom-up controls • It’s all about nutrients

  8. Food Chain Consequences

  9. My Research • A lot like the shell game • Predators tried to find turtle nests (underground) • I tried to find turtle nests and predators

  10. 3 experiments

  11. Urchin barren • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_aSl3iL7rM • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3W4OCnHyCs

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