Nutrition / Digestion Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 processes necessary for animals to obtain energy from its food?

A

Ingestion – taking in food
Digestion – breaking down food into smaller particles
Absorption – uptaking food into the cells
Elimination – removal of unwanted waste materials

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2
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What techniques are used by animals when ingesting food?

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Suspension Feeders filter small organisms or bits of organic debris from water, by means of cilia, mucous lined “nets”.
Deposit Feeders swallow organic-rich sediments and other types of deposited material.
Fluid Feeders suck or lap up fluids.
Mass Feeders seize and manipulate chunks of food by using jaws, teeth, beaks, or special toxin-injecting organs.

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3
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What are the 3 food sources for animals?

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Plants or algae (Primary consumers)
Other animals (Secondary, tertiary, etc. consumers)
Detritus

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4
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What are the two types of digestion?

A

Intracellular

Extracellular

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5
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Example of a suspension feeder?

A

Scallop

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6
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Example of a deposit feeder?

A

Sea cucumber

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7
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Example of a fluid feeder?

A

Blow Fly

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8
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Example of a mass feeder?

A

Frog

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9
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What are animals that feed on dead organic matter called?

A

Detritivores

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10
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Endoparasites live inside their hosts.

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Ectoparasites live outside their hosts

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11
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Where does digestion occur?

A

Digestive tract

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12
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What are the two types of digestion?

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Intracellular

Extracellular

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13
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What are the two designs of the digestive tract?

A

Incomplete

Complete.

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14
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Process of digestion?

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Mouth- Esophagus- Stomach- Small Intestine- Large Intestine- Anus

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15
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What are the two types of microbial fermentation?

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Foregut Fermentation

Hindgut Fermentation

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