AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Select two examples of herbivores (plant-eating animals).
A
giraffe
B
wolf
C
deer
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: -Herbivores only eat plants hence are also called plant-eating animals. Cow, goat, deer and elephants are herbivores.

Detailed explanation-3: -White-tailed deer are considered herbivores and subsist on a diet of readily available plants, including twigs, fruits, nuts, alfalfa, and the occasional fungi. (Read more about the white-tailed deer.)

Detailed explanation-4: -Herbivorous animals are the animals that feed on plants and fruits. Cows, buffaloes, goats, deer are some of the herbivorous animals. Herbivorous animals that feed on fruits are called frugivores, that feed on leaves are folivores while that feed on nectar are called nectivores.

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