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BSMS Entrance Veterinary Science — practice questions

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An animal whose main food source is plant material is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Herbivores that specialise in eating leaves are called:Read the answer and worked solution →A lion that relies entirely on animal flesh is an example of an:Read the answer and worked solution →A dog, which also eats non animal food, is best described as a:Read the answer and worked solution →An animal that eats both plant and animal food is an:Read the answer and worked solution →A digestive system with a single stomach chamber is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Rabbits digest food twice, with the first pass collecting in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Birds swallow food without chewing because they lack:Read the answer and worked solution →The pouch in a bird's oesophagus that stores food is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The first of a bird's two stomachs, holding digestive juices, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The bird's second stomach, which grinds food, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Some birds swallow stones to help the grinding. Those stones are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Cows, sheep and goats, which eat large amounts of roughage, are:Read the answer and worked solution →Ruminants are unusual among mammals because they lack upper:Read the answer and worked solution →A ruminant's stomach has how many compartments?Read the answer and worked solution →The first two ruminant stomachs host prokaryotes and protists that digest:Read the answer and worked solution →Regurgitated material that a ruminant chews a second time is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The third ruminant stomach, which removes water, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The true stomach of a ruminant, secreting gastric juices, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Camels and alpacas, which have a similar but not identical gut, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Animals cannot digest cellulose with their own enzymes, so the work is done by:Read the answer and worked solution →Compared with simpler guts, digestion of plant matter in ruminants takes a very:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the ruminant chambersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the diet typesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the digestion gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the digestion wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Bird or cowRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the digestion ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Animal digestion bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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An animal whose main food source is plant material is called a:

  1. Herbivore
  2. Herbalist
  3. Hedgehog
  4. Heirloom
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Correct answer: A. Herbivore

1. The diet is plant based. 2. The gut handles bulky roughage. 3. Such an animal is a herbivore. _Source: OpenStax Biology 2e, Chapter 34, Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System._

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Herbivores that specialise in eating leaves are called:

  1. Fossorials
  2. Folivores
  3. Foragers
  4. Formicids
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Correct answer: B. Folivores

1. The prefix points to foliage. 2. Fruit eaters are frugivores instead. 3. Leaf eaters are folivores. _Source: OpenStax Biology 2e, Chapter 34, Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System._

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A lion that relies entirely on animal flesh is an example of an:

  1. Obligate carnivore
  2. Obliging carnivore
  3. Obscure carnivore
  4. Observed carnivore
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Correct answer: A. Obligate carnivore

1. It cannot survive on plants. 2. The cat family is the classic case. 3. That is an obligate carnivore. _Source: OpenStax Biology 2e, Chapter 34, Animal Nutrition and the Digestive System._

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