NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Organisms, such as vultures, that FEED on dead animals.
A
Producer
B
Scavenger
C
Consumer
D
Parasite
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Scavengers break down this organic material and recycle it into the ecosystem as nutrients. Some birds are scavengers. Vultures only eat the bodies of dead animals. Vultures have many biological adaptations that make them well-suited to being scavengers.

Detailed explanation-2: -While decomposers break down dead, organic materials, detritivores-like millipedes, earthworms, and termites-eat dead organisms and wastes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scavengers are the animals that feed on dead and decaying plants and animal. Vulture is a prominent example of a scavenger.

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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cinereous vultures are scavengers. Their diet consists mainly of carrion – the remains of dead animals. They have several adaptations for feeding on carrion.

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