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BVSc & AH Biology — 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 →

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