In an ecosystem, predation is a biological interaction where a predator (an organism that is hunting) feeds on its prey (the organism that is attacked). Predators may or may not kill their prey prior to feeding on them, but the act of predation often results in the death of the prey and the eventual absorption of the prey's tissue through consumption. Thus predation is often, though not always, carnivory. Other categories of consumption are herbivory (eating parts of plants), fungivory (eating parts of fungi), and detritivory (the consumption of dead organic material (detritus)). All these consumption categories fall under the rubric of consumer-resource systems. It can often be difficult to separate various types of feeding behaviors. For example, some parasitic species prey on a host organism and then lay their eggs on it for their offspring to feed on it while it continues to live in or on its decaying corpse after it has died. The key characteristic of predation however is the predator's direct impact on the prey population. On the other hand, detritivores simply eat dead organic material arising from the decay of dead individuals and have no direct impact on the "donor" organism(s). QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How do parasites sustain themselves?
2. How dd parasites find nourishment?
3. How do some parasites support themselves?
Q2:
1. What do parasites do with their offspring?
2. What do parasites do with their eggs?
3. How do parasites deal with their offspring?
Q3:
1. What is a detritivore?
2. What does the term 'detritivore' mean?
3. What organisms are classified as detritivores?
Q4:
1. Are detritivores to their host organisms?
2. Are detritivores detrimental to their hosts' health?
3. Do detritivores negatively affect their hosts?
Q5:
1. What is predation?
2. What is meant by 'predation'?
3. What does the term 'predation' mean?
Q6:
1. What happens in predation?
2. What happens in the interaction?
3. 
Q7:
1. What is a predator?
2. Who is a predator?
3. What is meant by 'predator'?
Q8:
1. What organism is a prey?
2. Who is prey?
3. What is meant by 'prey'?
Q9:
1. Is predation always carnivorous?
2. Is predation between organisms always carnivory?
3. 
Q10:
1. What are other ways that predators feed on prey?
2. What are other types of food consumption?
3. What are other ways organisms feed in?
Q11:
1. What do herbivores consume?
2. What type of food do herbivores eat?
3. Herbivores primarily eat what?
Q12:
1. What do fungivores consume?
2. What type of food do fungivores eat?
3. Fungivores primarily eat what?
Q13:
1. Are different feeding mechanisms easily recognized?
2. Are various feeding patterns easily distinguishable?
3. 
Q14:
1. Whatis the key characteristic of predation?
2. What is a defining quality of predation?
3. What factor is mainly looked at in predation?
Q15:
1. How are consumption categories mapped?
2. How are different consumption categories surmised?
3. 
