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Animal Biology

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Set 12 Foraging Behavior

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Suspension feeding generally refers to

A) aquatic species removing small suspended food particles from the surrounding water.
B) arboreal species feeding on fruit while they are suspended from branches.
C) the feeding that some species do just prior to going into hibernation.
D) various spiders feeding while suspended from silk strands that they have spun.

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Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

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Suspension feeders are

A) large.
B) sessile.
C) small.
D) may have any of the above characteristics.

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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A limitation in the availability of a preferred food, a need for nutritional variety, or a need to minimize exposure to risks associated with a particular predator or with a particular toxin may lead to

A) carnivory.
B) herbivory.
C) omnivory.
D) suspension feeding.

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