Question

Mia takes an early morning hike through a forest near her home. She spots
white-tailed deer browsing on undergrowth vegetation and a raccoon eating an
apple and tuna that were carelessly left behind by another hiker. Mia discovers
bright yellow mushrooms growing on a rotting log, and she gazes up at oak trees
rising 100 m above the ground. Mia shares her observations with workers at the
local nature center. Which would Mia share with the center’s ecologist?

Answer 1

The group of choice associated with the question is given below:

A. All organisms spotted during the hike are heterotrophs.

B. The oak trees and mushrooms are two types of forest autotrophs.

C. The raccoon is an omnivore because it eats plants and animals.

D. The deer are considered carnivores of forest plants.

Answer:

The correct answer is - option C. The raccoon is an omnivore because it eats plants and animals.

Explanation:

In this given paragraph about the hiking through a forest, Mia observed the following incidents or activities:

• A white-tailed deer browsing on undergrowth vegetation which means the deer is a herbivore/heterotroph that depends on vegetation for the food.
• bright yellow mushrooms growing on a rotting log which means mushrooms are saprophyte that lives on dead organic matter.

• a raccoon eating an apple and tuna that suggests raccoon is an omnivorous organism.

Thus, the correct answer is - option C.