AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Animals that only eat plants or plant products.
A
Carnivores
B
Herbivores
C
Primary consumers
D
Food web
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of large herbivores include cows, elk, and buffalo. These animals eat grass, tree bark, aquatic vegetation, and shrubby growth. Herbivores can also be medium-sized animals such as sheep and goats, which eat shrubby vegetation and grasses. Small herbivores include rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, and mice.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deer, cow and goat are animals that eat only plants. Thus, they are called herbivores.

Detailed explanation-3: -An herbivore is an organism that mostly feeds on plants. Herbivores range in size from tiny insects such as aphids to large, lumbering elephants. Herbivores are a major part of the food web, a description of which organisms eat other organisms in the wild.

Detailed explanation-4: -Commonly recognized herbivores include deer, rabbits, cows, sheep, goats, elephants, giraffes, horses, and pandas.

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