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How Animals Obtain and Digest Food
On a separate sheet of paper, tell how a cow is classified by the food it eats. Then explain
how a cow is adapted to eat and digest that food.
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Date
Class
How Animals Obtain and Digest Food
Understanding Main Ideas
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Explain why carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores have different
types of teeth.
2. Give an example of one structural adaptation and one behavioral
adaptation that different animals use to obtain food.
3. What is the purpose of digestion?
4. What is the difference between intracellular digestion and
extracellular digestion?
5. Describe the differences between the digestive systems of a very
simple animal and a complex animal.
Building Vocabulary
Match each term with its definition by writing the letter of the correct definition in the
right column on the line beside the term in the left column.
6.
radula
a. digestive opening through which wastes exit
7.
anus
b. organ where food is partially broken down
8.
crop
c. organ where food is absorbed
9.
gizzard
d. flexible, tonguelike ribbon of tiny teeth
10.
intestine
e. organ where food is softened and stored
11.
esophagus
f. tube that connects the mouth and stomach
12.
stomach
g. animal that strains and eats microscopic organisms in water
13.
filter feeder
h. muscular organ where food is ground up