Question

Justify why the predator/prey relationship is a community level interaction.

Answer 1

It is an interaction between two different species, so the organism, species and population levels are too low. The community level references interactions between members of different species.

Answer 2

The populations of different species that live together make a community. Since, predator and prey belong to different species and live in same habitat, their interaction is community level interaction.

Step-by-step explanation:

A community consists of populations of different species that live together in a habitat. These populations of different species are dependent on each other in one or other way.

The predator-prey relationship is ecological interaction between two organisms of two different species wherein the predator derives its nutrition by killing the prey. Since prey and predator belong to different species and live in the same habitat, their interaction is one of the community level interactions.