Predators & Prey
The hunters and the hunted, the features each needs, and how their numbers rise and fall together.
What this lesson covers
Predators & Prey is a 9-part Class 5 Science lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, shows where it is used outside the textbook, names the mistakes that cost marks in an exam, ends with a recap of what to remember.
How it begins
A predator hunts and eats other animals. The animal it hunts is its prey. Many animals are both: a frog eats insects and is eaten by a snake.
The 9 parts
- Two roles
- Built to hunt
- Built to escape
- Working out which is which
- Numbers rise and fall together
- Why predators matter
- Watch out
- What to remember
- Watch one worked through
Practise Predators & Prey
Everything on QuizByt for Class 5 Science that goes with this lesson: read it first, then test yourself while it is fresh.
🧠 6 quizzes on Predators & Prey (3 easy, 2 medium, 1 hard)
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🖨️ Printable worksheet
Predators & Prey on paper for Class 5, with room to write the working out. Preview the first page free.
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