AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do Omnivores eat?
A
Plants ONLY
B
Animals ONLY
C
Plants AND Animals
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Generally, omnivores eat fruits and vegetables freely, but they can’t eat grasses and some grains due to digestive limitations. Omnivores will also hunt both carnivores and herbivores for meat, including small mammals, reptiles, and insects. Large omnivores include bears and humans.

Detailed explanation-2: -An omnivore is an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi. They range in size from tiny insects like ants to large creatures-like people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since omnivores have a diverse diet, they have the advantage of being able to survive in a variety of environments. While a meat-eating carnivore would quickly go extinct in a habitat devoid of prey, an omnivore could still surive by eating plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Animals that depend on both plants and animals for their nutrition are termed as omnivores. Carnivores are flesh eating animals and depend on other animals for food.

Detailed explanation-5: -They eat both plants and meat, and many times what they eat depends on what is available to them. When meat is scarce, many animals will fill their diets with vegetation and vice versa, according to National Geographic.

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