AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hyenas are carnivores and can not be considered as decomposers and feed by hunting the living animals. Thus, the correct answer is C.

Detailed explanation-2: -Trophic Level The turkey vulture is a decomposer. They consume animals of in the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. The turkey vulture has few natural predators.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vultures only eat the bodies of dead animals. Vultures have many biological adaptations that make them well-suited to being scavengers. Most have excellent eyesight and a strong sense of smell. They use these keen senses to locate rotting carrion while they are soaring high over land.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detritivores are organisms that eat nonliving plant and animal remains. For example, scavengers such as vultures eat dead animals. Dung beetles eat animal feces. Decomposers like fungi and bacteria complete the food chain.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thus, invertebrates such as earthworms, woodlice, and sea cucumbers are technically detritivores, not decomposers, since they must ingest nutrients-they are unable to absorb them externally.