Question

Which statement best explains how salmon obtain and use matter to support their biological functions?Group of answer choicesSalmon use complex, carbon-based molecules obtained directly from seawaterr and the atmosphere to produce other complex molecules, such as fats.Salmon use the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms obtained directly from seawater and the atmosphere to form sugars and proteins.Salmon break bonds in complex food molecules to release the carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms needed for the formation of other molecules.Salmon break down carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms obtained from food into smaller, energy-rich elements.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Young Alaskan salmon's diet includes insects, plankton, and invertebrates.

Adult Alaskan salmon's diet includes squid, eels, other species of fish, and shrimps.

The salmon can be considered a predator, it obtains energy and matter to sustain itself from its prey, which includes smaller organisms.

The food is broken down into organic and inorganic compounds during the process of digestion, and the smaller molecules obtained are then absorbed by the intestinal membrane and used by the different systems of the organism for their metabolic purposes.

The statement that explains this is the third one

Salmon break bonds in complex food molecules to release the carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms needed for the formation of other molecules.