The balance of nature occurs when each population has all of its needs met. When a carnivore or omnivore eats an animal, it is the predator. The animal eaten is the prey. When this relationship is balanced, no population is without enough food.
Many variables determine the balance of nature.
This activity demonstrates the importance of an animal's ability to change it's body or behaviors to change to the environment for survival. List the names of four birds of prey you read about in this article. Describe the mating season of birds of prey. This activity demonstrates how the loss of habitat effects animal survival. This activity will allow you to explore whether certain animals who once roamed North America survived or became extinct.