Question

Filter feeding is

• A. Holding food particles by closely appressed teeth
• B. Picking food articles from a water current
• C. Crushing and chewing of food and allowing only finely divided one to pass further
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Picking food articles from a water current

Filter feeders are a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure. Some animals that use this method of feeding are clams, krill, sponges, baleen whales, and many fishes.

So, the correct answer is (B)