The turkey vulture's diet consists almost entirely of carrion, which is decaying animal matter, like roadkill and human garbage. They will rarely eat live prey (such as sick or dying birds and rodents) and plants. How are they classified?(1 point)
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omnivore
autotroph
herbivore
carnivore
1: omnivore
2: Because 10% of the energy at each level moves to the next and some additional energy is converted to heat.
3: Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms. Producers are organisms that makes their food using the energy from the sun.
4: producer
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Why is each level of the energy pyramid smaller than the level directly below it?(1 point)
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Because about 10% of the energy is converted to heat when organisms become ill and another 10% when they die.
Because the sizes of each level show that 10% is consumed by organisms at that level.
Because 90% of the energy is passed on to the next level to be used by the organisms there.
Because 10% of the energy at each level moves to the next level and some additional energy is converted to heat.
Because 10% of the energy at each level moves to the next level and some additional energy is converted to heat.
What is the difference between a consumer and a producer?(1 point)
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Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms. Producers are organisms that makes their own food using the energy from the sun.
Producers are organisms that eat other organisms. Consumers are organisms that make their own food using the energy from the sun.
Consumers are organisms that eat both plants and animals. Producers are organisms that eat only plants.
Producers are organisms that eat both plants and animals. Consumers are organisms that eat only plants.
Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms. Producers are organisms that make their own food using the energy from the sun.
Which type of organism is the first organism in an energy pyramid or food chain?(1 point)
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primary consumer
producer
tertiary consumer
secondary consumer
producer
The turkey vulture's diet primarily consists of carrion, which is decaying animal matter. They occasionally consume live prey if it is sick or dying, as well as plants. To classify their eating habits, we need to determine the main type of food they consume.
An omnivore refers to an organism that eats both plants and animals. While the turkey vulture does eat plants occasionally, its main diet consists of carrion, which classifies it more specifically as a scavenger or a carnivore.
A scavenger is an animal that feeds on dead or decaying matter, such as carrion. Since the turkey vulture predominately relies on carrion for its diet and only occasionally consumes live prey or plants, it would be classified as a scavenging carnivore.
Therefore, the correct classification for the turkey vulture's diet would be "carnivore."