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🦁 Nutrition in Animals
Science · Class 7 · Nutrition in Animals
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Section A: Fill in the blanks
[5 marks]

Fill in each blank with the correct word from the lesson.

  1. This mode of _______ is called heterotrophic.
  2. Unlike plants, _______ cannot make their own food — they must eat other organisms to obtain energy and nutrients.
  3. In humans, _______ begins in the mouth where teeth break food into smaller pieces and saliva starts digesting starch.
  4. Animals can be classified by what they eat: _______s eat only plants, carnivores eat only animals, omnivores eat both, and scavengers feed on dead animals.
  5. They can be herbivores, _______s, omnivores, or scavengers.
Section B: Circle the correct answer
[3 marks]

Choose the best option for each question.

  1. What is the correct order of organs in human digestion?
    a) Stomach → mouth → intestineb) Mouth → oesophagus → stomach → intestinec) Intestine → stomach → mouthd) Mouth → stomach → oesophagus
  2. How does Amoeba digest its food?
    a) In a stomach organb) By using pseudopods to form a food vacuolec) Through photosynthesisd) By absorbing nutrients from dead matter
  3. What is a ruminant?
    a) An animal that eats only meatb) An insect-eating plantc) An animal that re-chews regurgitated food to digest cellulosed) A plant that fixes nitrogen
Section C: True or False
[4 marks]

Write T for True or F for False in the brackets.

  1. Mouth → oesophagus → stomach → intestine is one of the key concepts in the lesson on Nutrition in Animals.
  2. Stomach → mouth → intestine is the main topic of this lesson.
  3. By using pseudopods to form a food vacuole is one of the key concepts in the lesson on Nutrition in Animals.
  4. In a stomach organ is the main topic of this lesson.
Section D: Answer in one line
[4 marks]
  1. In your own words, explain what Nutrition in Animals means.
  2. List two things you learned from this lesson on Nutrition in Animals.
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Answer Key
Nutrition in Animals
Section A — Fill in the blanks
  1. Nutrition
  2. Animals
  3. digestion
  4. herbivore
  5. carnivore
Section B — MCQ
  1. b) Mouth → oesophagus → stomach → intestine
  2. b) By using pseudopods to form a food vacuole
  3. c) An animal that re-chews regurgitated food to digest cellulose
Section C — True or False
  1. T — True
  2. F — False
  3. T — True
  4. F — False
Section D — Short Answer

Accept any reasonable answer that shows understanding of Nutrition in Animals.

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