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🦴 Animal Nutrition and Classification

Explore how animals get their food through food chains, and how scientists classify animals into groups.

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~30 min

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🔬 Science

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Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

What Animals EatClassify animals as herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores and link diet to teeth.Animals cannot make their own food, so they must eat. Herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat meat, and omnivores eat both. An animal's teeth reveal its diet: sharp teeth for tearing meat and flat teeth for grinding plants.
Food ChainsExplain what a food chain is and identify predators and prey.A food chain shows how energy passes from the Sun to plants, then to the animals that eat them. The hunter is the predator and the hunted animal is the prey, and this keeps nature in balance.
Classifying AnimalsClassify animals into vertebrates and invertebrates and name the five vertebrate groups.Animals are classified by their bodies. Vertebrates have a backbone and split into five groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Invertebrates, like insects and spiders, have no backbone.

Questions this course answers

Why must every animal eat?

Animals must eat because, unlike plants, they cannot make their own food.

An animal that eats both plants and meat is called a...

An omnivore, like a bear, eats both plants and meat.

What kind of teeth do carnivores usually have?

Carnivores usually have sharp, pointed teeth for tearing meat.

What does every food chain start with?

Every food chain starts with the Sun, which helps plants grow.

In a food chain, what is the animal being hunted called?

The animal being hunted is called the prey, while the hunter is the predator.

Animals with a backbone are called...

Animals with a backbone are called vertebrates.

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