Use the Following Information to Answer the Questions Below

question 52

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
Mouse mutations can affect an animal's appetite and eating habits. The ob gene codes for a satiety factor, the hormone leptin. The db gene product, the leptin receptor, is required to respond to the satiety factor.
-Which of the following animals is incorrectly paired with its feeding mechanism?

• A) lion substrate feeder
• B) baleen whale suspension feeder
• C) aphid fluid feeder
• D) clam suspension feeder
• E) snake bulk feeder

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Definitions:

Food Subsidies

Financial assistance provided by governments to lower the cost of food, making it more affordable for consumers.

Indifference

A lack of interest, concern, or sympathy towards others or a specific situation.

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Poverty Line

A financial threshold below which an individual or family is considered to be living in poverty, based on income.