Use the Figure to Answer the Question: Which of the Following

question 17

Multiple Choice

Use the figure to answer the question: Which of the following best explains why no arrows lead directly from "Detritus" to secondary consumers?

• A) detritus is living organic material, and primary consumers only eat dead organisms
• B) few primary consumers directly eat detritus, and so it is mostly broken down into inorganic compounds by decomposers such as earthworms, fungi, and prokaryotes
• C) detritus is toxic prior to being broken down by prokaryotes and fungi
• D) detritus is too small to be located by primary consumers

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