| Consider the following statements with reference to herbivores. |
| 1. Due to the herbivore's ability to survive solely on tough and fibrous plant matter, they are termed the primary consumers in the food cycle (chain). |
| 2. Tamaraw and Giant eland are not considered as herbivores, |
| 3. Herbivores principally eat autotrophs. |
| Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? |
A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 3
C) Only 3
D) 2 and 3
Correct Answer: B
Solution :
[b] Tamaraw and Giant eland are herbivores. Herbivory is a form of consumption in which an organism principally eats autotrophs such as plants, algae and a photosynthesising bacteria. More generally, organisms that feed on autotrophs in general are known as primary consumers. Herbivory usually refers to animals eating plants; fungi, bacteria and protists that feed on living plants are usually -ermed plant pathogens (plant diseases) and microbes -hat feed on dead plants are saprotrophs. Herbivores form an important link in the food chain, because they consume plants in order to ingest the carbohydrates produced by a slant with the help of photosynthesis. Carnivores in turn consume herbivores for the same reason, while omnivores can obtain their nutrients from either plants or animals. Due to a herbivore's ability to survive solely on tough and fibrous plant matter, they are -ermed the primary consumers in the food cycle (chain). -erbivory, carnivory and omnivory can be regarded as special cases of consumer resource systems,
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