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Question
A scorpion stalks, kills, and then eats a spider Based on its based on its behavior, which ecological terms describe the scorpion?
Options
A.producer, herbivore, decomposer
B.producer,carnivor, heterotroph
C.producer,carnivor, consumer
D.producer, authotroph, herbivore
Solution
Because the scorpion stalks, kills and eats its food, it is a predator. Becouseit eats a spider it is a carnivore. because it ingests food it is a consumer. A producer is an autotrphic which is an organism that makes its own food from inorganic substances. a decomposer breaks down dead matter and a herbivore eats only plants.
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