AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Suspension feeding is the capture and ingestion of food particles that are suspended in water. These particles can include phytoplankton, zooplankton, bacteria, and detritus. All of the major groups of animals and protozoans include species that suspension feed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Filter feeding is a method some animals use to feed where the animal finds their meal by moving through the water, or taking advantage of water moving by them, and extracting small pieces of food and other particles from the water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Filter feeding is a form of suspension feeding in which water is pumped through a mesh-like screen that retains particles larger than the size of the holes in the mesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Filter feeders include but are not limited to suspension feeders. Suspension feeders, that is, feed on materials that are found suspended in water whereas among filter feeders are organisms that consume materials that are so large that technically they are not “suspended” in water.

Detailed explanation-5: -Suspension feeders (SFs) are a group of organisms with the common ability to separate food particles from suspension for nutrition [1, 2], which includes organisms ranging from sponges to birds [3, 4].