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**Step-by-Step Text Solution:** 1. **Definition of Predation**: Predation is a biological interaction that occurs between two organisms, where one organism, known as the predator, kills and consumes another organism, referred to as the prey. 2. **Roles in Predation**: - **Predator**: The organism that preys on another. It is the one that hunts, kills, and eats the prey. - **Prey**: The organism that is killed and consumed by the predator. It is the victim in this interaction. ...
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    It serves as conduits for energy transfer across trophic levels.
    B
    It keeps population of organisms of lower trophic level under control.
    C
    Predators help in maitaining species diversity in a community, by reducing the intensity of competition among competing prey species.
    D
    All of these

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