Which of the following is not an example of predation?

Predation occurs when one organism feeds on another organism. A blue whale eating zooplankton, a caterpillar eating leaves, and a wolf eating a deer all involve an animal consuming another living organism or its parts. A tree takes up nutrients from the soil, but that is not predation, so the correct choice is “A tree obtaining nutrients from the soil.”

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