herbivores and carnivores

Georgia G.
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  1. herbivore
    any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
    When a herbivore eats, only a fraction of the energy (that it gets from the plant food) becomes new body mass; the rest of the energy is lost as waste or used up by the herbivore to carry out its life processes (e.g., movement, digestion, reproduct
  2. carnivore
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
    Therefore, when the herbivore is eaten by a carnivore, it passes only a small amount of total energy (that it has received) to the carnivore.
  3. food chain
    community of organisms where each member is eaten by another
    In a food chain, energy is passed from one link to another.
  4. digestion
    the process by which the body breaks down food
    When a herbivore eats, only a fraction of the energy (that it gets from the plant food) becomes new body mass; the rest of the energy is lost as waste or used up by the herbivore to carry out its life processes (e.g., movement, digestion, reproduct
Created on Mon Mar 05 13:40:21 EST 2012 (updated Mon Mar 05 13:44:35 EST 2012)

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