Study Guide for Campbell Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 41, Problem 5TYK
Substrate feeders such as earthworms
- a. eat mostly mineral substances.
- b. filter small organisms from damp earth.
- c. are herbivores and thus eat autotrophs.
- d. move and eat through their food.
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