Life Science Chapter 11

Explain why the statement "herbivores only eat plants" is incorrect

They can eat fruit, seeds, and wood

List the structures found in a typical animal digestive tract in the order that food passes through them.

mouth, esophagus, liver, gall bladder, stomach, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, and anus

eats both plants and animals

omnivore

the animals that carnivores eat

prey

eats dead organisms

scavengers

organ where waste filters out

kidney

digestion that have teeth

mechanical digestion

What organ filters waste from blood in vertebrate animals.

kidney

Explain the difference between mechanical digestion and chemical digestion.

mechanical digestion has teeth, but chemical digestion does not

Give an example of a behavior that an animal uses to maintain its body temperature

sunning

What is the primary function of the excretory system

they have special organs that rid their bodies of cell wastes

True or false, some animals have no digestive system

true

Animals that only eat meat

carnivores

digestion that has no teeth

chemical digestion

breaks down food and absorbs nutrients

digestive system

system of special organs that rid an animals body of cell waste

excretory system

Have structures to strain their prey

filter feeders

Identify the food source for filter feeders, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and scavengers.

filter feeders: tiny algae and protists herbivores: plants carnivores: meat omnivores: meat and plants scavengers: dead animals

animals that feed on plants

herbivores

What kind of digestive system does an animal have if it takes in food and expels undigested waste through the same opening?

incomplete digestive system