Question

The teacher was unaware of the difference between suspension feeding and predation. The teacher thought that providing live copepods (2 mm long) and feeder fish (2 cm long) would satisfy the dietary needs of all of the organisms. Consequently, which two organisms would have been among the first to starve to death (assuming they lack photosynthetic endosymbionts)

Answer 1

The correct answer is - Biwalves and sponges.

Step-by-step explanation:

Suspension feeders are the organisms that depend on, for the dietary needs or nutriton, materials suspended in the water. The materials that are suspended are living organisms such as phytoplankton and zooplankton.

Biwalves and sponges are suspended or filter feeders and not predators like other organisms so providing copepods will not complete their food requirement and they will starve to death.

The correct answer is - Biwalves and sponges.