FORESTRY
GENERAL FORESTRY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Which of the following would be the definition of a detritivore?
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Animals that eat insects.
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Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
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Organisms that eat only pants
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Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A detritivore is an organism that eats dead or decaying plants or animals as food. Hence, Option 4 is correct. Detritivores include microorganisms such as bacteria and larger organisms such as fungi, insects, worms, and some crustaceans.
Detailed explanation-2: -While decomposers break down dead, organic materials, detritivores-like millipedes, earthworms, and termites-eat dead organisms and wastes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of detritivores in marine environments are crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters, echinoderms such as sea stars or sea cucumbers.
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