Biology - Study Guide
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780321501561
Author: Martha R. Taylor
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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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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