AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Animals that eat meat are called carnivores. Animals that eat plants are called herbivores.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carnivores are animals that eat only meat. Omnivores are animals that eat both plants and meat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some carnivores, called obligate carnivores, depend only on meat for survival. Their bodies cannot digest plants properly. Plants do not provide enough nutrients for obligate carnivores. All cats, from small house cats to huge tigers, are obligate carnivores.

Detailed explanation-4: -A carnivore /ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr/, or meat-eater (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning meat or “flesh” and vorare meaning “to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) whether through hunting or scavenging.