Discuss the Role of Predators in an Ecosystem

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A geological area where biotic components and abiotic components interact is known as an ecosystem.

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Parasitism is a kind of interaction where one creature obtains food from another creature.

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Predators consume the entire body or some parts of their prey.

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Predators play a major role in ecosystems in maintaining a healthy ecosystem.

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Predators maintain balance in an ecosystem.

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– Predators remove animals that are weak, aged, injured and very young. – They reduce the spread of diseases by eating diseased animals.

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