Choose appropriate words to complete the paragraph below to explain the general trends shown in a predator-prey graph.

Breathe, Muscles, Oxygen, Lactic, anaerobic respiration, Oxygen aerobic respiration, Break down


An increase in the prey population provides more food for the _________ , allowing more to survive and _________ . This is turn results in an _________ in the predator population. The larger predator population eats more prey organisms, causing a _________ in the prey population. The death rate of the prey is larger than its _________ rate. The reduced prey population can no longer support the large predator population. _________ for food increases, resulting in a _________ in the size of the predator population. Reduced predator numbers results in less of the prey population being killed. More prey _________ and reproduce so the prey population _________ again.