Multiple Choice
The turkey vulture, which feeds on relatively large dead animals, is considered a scavenger rather than a detritivore.What is the distinction?
A) Detritivores feed on living, rather than dead, material.
B) Detritivores feed on the waste products and dead bodies of small organisms rather than larger dead organisms.
C) Detritivores feed only on plant material, scavengers only on animal material.
D) Detritivores break down material in aquatic ecosystems, scavengers in terrestrial ecosystems.
E) Detritivores do not return nutrients to the ecosystem; scavengers do return nutrients.
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