Animal Nutrition + Dentition - Boniek September

Question 1

The definition of digestion

Answer 1

Where food is exposed to processes that change food to simple solubles

Question 2

Why is food necessary?

Answer 2

• Provides energy
• Regulation of body processes
• Growth + repair of body processes

Question 3

Name the 5 processes in nutrition

Answer 3

• Ingestion
• Digestion
• Absorption
• Assimilation
• Egestion (Defecation)

Question 4

What are the 3 groups animals are divided in?

Answer 4

Herbivores, Carnivores and Omnivores

Question 5

How are animals put in these groups?

Answer 5

It is based on what they eat

Question 6

Characteristic of a herbivore’s incisors

Answer 6

Sharp enough to cut plant material off

Question 7

Why do carnivores ingest less food than herbivores?

Answer 7

The proteins and fats in meat have a higher energy value than in plant material

Question 8

Animals usually obtain their food in a ……., ……… form.

Answer 8

complex, insoluble

Question 9

Characteristics of a carnivore’s teeth (incisors, canines and molars)

Answer 9

Incisors - Sharp ends to bite off meat
Canines - Long and strong to pierce, kill and tear prey apart
Molars - Have protrusions with sharp edges to cut off the food

Question 10

Omnivores and Carnivore’s teeth are very similar. In what way are they different?

Answer 10

An omnivore’s teeth do not have protrusions