Question

Most animals that live in deep oceanic waters are :

• A. Detritivores
• B. Primary consumers
• C. Secondary consumers
• D. Tertiary consumers

Answer 1

The correct option is A Detritivores

The deep ocean is very cold, under high pressure, and always dark because sunlight can not get down that far. Less life can survive in the deep ocean than in other parts of the ocean because of these conditions. For some animals, food comes from the bodies of dead fish, dead plankton, and even dead whales that rain down from the open ocean waters above. The undissolved material from the decomposition of organic remains is called detritus. It often settles on the ocean bottom. So most animals that live in deep oceanic water are detritivores.