5. If there is a large number of prey rodents, the number of owls will increase due to a healthy

food source. More owls feeding on the rodents will cause their population to decrease, which in

turn will eventually cause the owls number to decrease. Would you expect to find this pattern in other ecosystems between predators and prey? Explain.

Yes

Explanation:

One would expect to find the same pattern in any other ecosystems between predator and prey unless there is a way the prey's population is being replenished.

When predators start hunting down preys, the population of preys start decreasing and this will in turn means less food for the predators. If the trend continues, competition for food become fierce among the predators and this will make their population to start decreasing as the competitively strong ones take over the little food that remains and the competitively weak ones are gradually left to starve to death.