- If an animal is eaten by other animals , then the animal will be the prey
- If an animal eats other animals for food , then the animal will be the predator
- Hence, if an animal eats other animals then the aniaml will be the predator and the other animal will be the prey

- Living things eat their food source
- A coyote is a kind of living thing
- Hence, coyotes eat their food source

- Coyotes eat their food source
- The main source of food for coyotes is mice
- Hence, coyotes eat mice

- If an animal eats other animals then the aniaml will be the predator and the other animal will be the prey
- Coyotes eat mice
- A mouse is a kind of animal
- A coyote is a kind of animal
- Therefore, coyotes are predators to mice and mice are prey to coyotes

- Coyotes are predators to mice and mice are prey to coyotes
- If a new predator begins eating prey then the population of that prey will decrease
- Therefore, if a new predator begins eating mice then the population of mice will decrease

- Coyotes are predators to mice and mice are prey to coyotes
- As population of prey decreases , the population of predators will decrease
- Therefore, as the population of mice decreases the population of coyotes will decrease

- If a new predator begins eating mice then the population of mice will decrease
- As the population of mice decreases the population of coyotes will decrease
- Therefore, if a new predator begins eating mice then the population of coyotes will decrease

- If something decreases then that something will be fewer in number
- Population is a measure of the number of a species in an environment
- Hence, if the population of a species decreases then there will be fewer number of that species

- If the population of a species decreases then there will be fewer number of that species
- Coyotes are a kind of species
- Therefore, if the population of coyotes decreases then there will be fewer coyotes

- If a new predator begins eating mice then the population of coyotes will decrease
- If the population of coyotes decreases then there will be fewer coyotes
- Therefore, if a new predator begins eating mice then there will be fewer coyotes

So, if a new predator begins eating mice then there will be fewer coyotes
Question: The main source of food for a coyote population in one area is mice. Which is most likely to happen to these coyotes if a new predator begins eating the mice?
Context: - The main source of food for coyotes is mice 
- A mouse is a kind of animal 
- If an animal eats other animals for food , then the animal will be the predator 
- Population is a measure of the number of a species in an environment 
- Coyotes are a kind of species 
- If a new predator begins eating prey then the population of that prey will decrease 
- A coyote is a kind of animal 
- A coyote is a kind of living thing 
- As population of prey decreases , the population of predators will decrease 
- Living things eat their food source 
- If something decreases then that something will be fewer in number 
- If an animal is eaten by other animals , then the animal will be the prey