Who would win Between an Owl and an Eagle?

NGSS Phenomena: At night, two eagles are sitting in a tree, when an owl swoops in and grabs one of the eagles.

Normally, owls and eagles do not engage with one another, but occasionally they do. Bald eagles can weigh up to 14lbs, and while owls are much smaller around 5lbs, they can carry over 4x their own weight.

In the above gif, we see an owl swooping in on a pair of eagles at night. Figure A below compares eagles and owls.

1. In this interaction, the owl is a and the eagle is a .

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decomposer

predator

producer

prey

scavenger

2. In a desert ecosystem, which interaction would be most similar to this one?

A flash flood that wipes out a large population of small mammals.
A community of mushrooms and fungi breaking down a tree.
Two sage plants both working to get water underground.
A snake eating a mouse.

3. Write a claim that answers the following question:

How can we explain the interaction between the Owl and Eagle?

4. What evidence can support your claim that answers the following question?

How can we explain the interaction between the Owl and Eagle?

5. What reasoning connects your evidence and your claim to explain the interaction between the Owl and Eagle?

6. One of your classmates makes the following claim:

"This example shows that eagles and owls compete for resources."

Analyze their claim and give evidence to support it or show that they are wrong.

7. If owls and eagles don't typically interact like this, which of the following statements would best explain why this is happening?

There are less small rodents in the ecosystem, making resources scarce for the predators.
There are fewer owls in this ecosystem than there had been before and the owls are looking for alternative food sources.
The owl's habitat changed and had to move into a new ecosystem with these eagles.
There are more eagles than there had been before and the owl population is working to cut down on the number of eagles in the ecosystem.

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Who would win Between an Owl and an Eagle?

1. In this interaction, the owl is a and the eagle is a .

Drag the answers below into the grey placeholders above

2. In a desert ecosystem, which interaction would be most similar to this one?

3. Write a claim that answers the following question:How can we explain the interaction between the Owl and Eagle?

4. What evidence can support your claim that answers the following question? How can we explain the interaction between the Owl and Eagle?

5. What reasoning connects your evidence and your claim to explain the interaction between the Owl and Eagle?

6. One of your classmates makes the following claim: "This example shows that eagles and owls compete for resources." Analyze their claim and give evidence to support it or show that they are wrong.

7. If owls and eagles don't typically interact like this, which of the following statements would best explain why this is happening?

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3. Write a claim that answers the following question:

How can we explain the interaction between the Owl and Eagle?

4. What evidence can support your claim that answers the following question?

How can we explain the interaction between the Owl and Eagle?

6. One of your classmates makes the following claim:

"This example shows that eagles and owls compete for resources."

Analyze their claim and give evidence to support it or show that they are wrong.

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