A scorpion stalks, kills, and then eats a spider. Based on its behavior, which ecological terms desc

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A scorpion stalks, kills, and then eats a spider. Based on its behavior, which ecological terms describe the scorpion?

producer, herbivore, decomposer

producer, carnivore, heterotroph

predator, carnivore, consumer

predator, autotroph, herbivore

(AIIMS-2009)

Solution

Because the scorpion stalks, kills and eats its food, it is a predator. Because it eats a spider it is a carnivore. Because it ingests food it is a consumer. A producer is an autotroph as it is an organism that makes its own food from inorganic substances. A decomposer breaks down dead matter and a herbivore eats only plants

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Biology