1. Predation Species A hunts and is a predator of Species B –Predator – is the animal that hunts –Prey – is the animal that is hunted

2. Competition The “fight” for resources in the environment –Interspecific – occurs among members of different species –Intraspecific – occurs among members of the same species

5. NAME: The Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus DESCRIPTION: in summer the hare is reddish brown above and white underneath, while in winter it becomes totally white, except for the tips of its ears, which remain black. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Northern US and Canada FOOD: This hare is completely vegetarian, feeding on many plant species in summer, and bark and shoots in winter

6. NAME: The Canadian Lynx Lynx canadensis DESCRIPTION: Its fur is usually white tipped, giving it a frosted appearance, and is only indistinctly spotted; they have black ear tufts GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Canada, Alaska, Northern US in boreal forests FOOD: almost exclusively snowshoe hares, small rodents and sometimes small ungulates

7. The Canadian Lynx and The Snowshoe Hare Does the predator effect the prey, or does the prey effect the predator?