AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A crab that lives in the ocean and a raccoon that on land are alike. How are they similar? They are both scavengers
A
They are both scavengers
B
They are both producers
C
They have shells
D
They are in the same ecosystem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Although raccoons are known as one of the most common scavengers in the U.S., scavenging by these animals has seldom been studied in terms of forensic significance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sea creatures such as crabs and lobsters will eat carrion and most anything else they find. Eels eat dead fish. In addition to hunting, great white sharks feast on dead whales, fish, and pinnipeds such as sea lions.

Detailed explanation-3: -A scavenger is a sort of animal that mostly eats decomposing biomass, like meat or rotting material. Several scavengers are a type of carnivore, which is an animal that eats only hunting meat.

Detailed explanation-4: -scavenger, also called carrion-feeder, animal that feeds partly or wholly on the bodies of dead animals. Many invertebrates, such as carrion beetles, live almost entirely on decomposing animal matter.

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