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What type of animals primarily depend on plants for their food?
What type of animals primarily depend on plants for their food?
Which step in animal nutrition involves the breakdown of complex food into simpler forms?
Which step in animal nutrition involves the breakdown of complex food into simpler forms?
What is the term for organisms that consume both plants and animals?
What is the term for organisms that consume both plants and animals?
Which of the following describes the mode of nutrition in most animals?
Which of the following describes the mode of nutrition in most animals?
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What process involves taking food into the body?
What process involves taking food into the body?
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Study Notes
Nutrition in Animals
- Animals are heterotrophs, meaning they obtain energy by consuming other organisms.
- Herbivores eat plants. Examples include cows and sheep.
- Carnivores eat other animals. Examples include tigers and lions.
- Omnivores eat both plants and animals. Examples include bears and humans.
- Holozoic nutrition is the mode of nutrition used by most animals.
- It involves taking in solid food.
Steps of Nutrition in Animals
- Ingestion: Taking food into the body. This can include chewing, swallowing, sucking, siphoning, or capturing.
- Digestion: Breaking down complex food into simpler forms that can be absorbed by the body.
- Absorption: The process by which the digested food enters the bloodstream.
- Assimilation: Using absorbed nutrients to build and repair tissues and create energy.
- Egestion: Removing undigested waste material from the body.
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Explore the fundamental concepts of nutrition in animals, including the different dietary classifications such as herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Understand the steps of nutrition from ingestion to egestion, highlighting the processes involved in breaking down and utilizing food. Test your knowledge with this quiz!
