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Human Nutrition (Introduction) Flashcards

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What is a herbivore?

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Herbivores are animals that feed mainly on plants

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What are animals that feed mainly on plants called?

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Herbivores

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What are some examples of herbivores?

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Sheep
Cattle
Rabbits

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What is a carnivore?

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Carnivores are animals that feed mainly on animals

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What are animals that feed mainly on animals?

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Carnivores

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What are some examples of carnivores?

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Dogs
Cats
Ladybirds

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What is an omnivore?

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Omnivores are animals that feed on plants and animals

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What are animals that feed on plants and animals called?

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Omnivores

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What are some examples of omnivores?

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Humans
Badgers
Hedgehogs

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What is nutrition?

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The way in which an organism gets its food

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What is the way in which an organism gets its food called?

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Nutrition

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What are the two main types of nutrition?

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Autotrophs and Heterotrophs

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What are autotrophs?

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Autotrophs are organisms that make their own food

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What are organisms that make their own food called?

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Autotrophs

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What is an example of an autotrophic organism?

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Plants

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What type of nutrition do plants have?

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Plants are autotrophic

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How are plants autotrophic?

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As they make their own food by photosynthesis

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What are heterotrophs?

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Organisms which take in food from the environment

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What are organisms which take in food from the environment called?

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Heterotrophs

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What are the two groups that heterotrophs can be subdivided into?

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Parasites and saprophytes

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What are parasites?

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Parasites are a subdivision of heterotrophs that take in food from a live source

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Which subdivision of heterotrophs take in food from a live source?

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Parasites

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What are saprophytes?

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Saprophytes are a subdivision of heterotrophs that take in food from a dead source

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What are the three classifications of heterotrophs?

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Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores

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