Add examples in the last column of the table given below. S.No. Food group Examples 1. Only plants Cow, ... 2. Only animals Fox, ... 3. Both Human beings, ... Look at the table above and answer the following: Which group of members have an advantage in finding food? Why do you think so? Could the animals in food group 3 depend only on plants if animals were not available? Why? What will happen if all animals eat only plants?

S. No. Food group Examples 1. Only plants Cow, goat, buffalo, deer, rabbit, etc. 2. Only animals Fox, lion, tiger, shark, wolf, etc. 3. Both Human beings, bear, pig, chimpanzee, rat, etc. The animals that depend only on plants for food are called herbivores, those that depend on both plants and animals are called omnivores and the ones that depend only on other animals for food are called carnivores. The animals that depend on both plants and animals are called omnivores. They have an advantage in finding food because if they do not find animals then they can easily feed on plants and survive. Yes, the animals in group 3 can depend only on plants for food as they are the group of animals that can eat both plants and animals. If all the animals eat only plants, then the population of animals on the earth would increase and the plants would be completely eradicated. This would create an imbalance in the ecosystem.

Write the body parts that are used to collect or capture food in the animals mentioned in the table below. S. No. Animal Body parts used in taking food 1. Hen Beak, ... 2. Cow 3. Dog 4. Frog 5. Snake 6. Man 7. Lizard 8. Vulture 9. Lion Legs, claws, mouth, ... 10. Hummingbird Refer the table to answer the following questions. Which animals use similar parts in taking food? Compare the parts of dog to that of hen. Write down the similarities as well as differences between them. Compare the parts of hen and hummingbird in taking in food. Note down the similarities as well as differences between them. What are the similarities between a dog and a lion in the parts involved in taking food? What are the similarities and differences between a vulture and a lion in their mode of taking in food?

S. No. Animal Body parts used in taking food 1. Hen Beak, claws 2. Cow Mouth 3. Dog Mouth, legs, claws 4. Frog Tongue 5. Snake Jaw 6. Man Hands 7. Lizard Tongue 8. Vulture Beak, claws 9. Lion Legs, claws, mouth 10. Hummingbird Beak, tongue The animals that use similar parts in taking food are as follows: Beak and claws- Hen and Vulture. Mouth- Cow, dog, and lion. Tongue- Frog and lizard. Both the dog and hen have claws. The dog is an animal that has a mouth for food intake, while the hen being a bird has a beak. The hen uses its beak and claws to take in and capture food respectively, whereas the hummingbird uses its beak and tongue. The hen is cannot fly for long and collects food from the ground, but the hummingbird is in flight while collecting nectar from flowers. Both lion and dog use their legs, claw, and mouth for capturing and eating food. The vulture is a scavenger and the lion is a carnivore. Both vulture and lion use claws to capture their food. The difference is that the vulture uses beak and the lion uses mouth to eat their food.

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Identify the given animal and mention what does it eat? Which part of its body helps it in eating?

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Science Class - 6>Chapter 4 - What do Animals Eat ?>Exercise>Q 1

Kartik has a pet dog. He loves playing with it by tossing it a ball or biscuits or even sometimes some small leaves and twigs. He observes that the dog sniffs and catches the biscuit in mid-air and eats it up very quickly, while it just holds the ball in its mouth and only sniffs the leaves. If the dog is given milk it first sniffs it and then licks it up quickly. Kartik often wonders what the dog is trying to find out by sniffing.

Why do dogs first sniff food before they eat it?

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Science Class - 6>Chapter 4 - What do Animals Eat ?>Activity-1>Q 1

Add examples in the last column of the table given below.

S.No.	Food group	Examples
1.	Only plants	Cow, ...
2.	Only animals	Fox, ...
3.	Both	Human beings, ...

Look at the table above and answer the following:

Which group of members have an advantage in finding food? Why do you think so?
Could the animals in food group 3 depend only on plants if animals were not available? Why?
What will happen if all animals eat only plants?

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Science Class - 6>Chapter 4 - What do Animals Eat ?>Exercise>Q 2

Suppose omnivorous animals start depending only on plants. Write how it could affect nature.

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Science Class - 6>Chapter 4 - What do Animals Eat ?>Exercise>Q 1

What does the dog do to find its food? Which sense of the dog is more developed?

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Science Class - 6>Chapter 4 - What do Animals Eat ?>Exercise>Q 2

Which sense do the vultures that fly high above in the sky mainly use in finding their food on the ground?

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Science Class - 6>Chapter 4 - What do Animals Eat ?>Exercise>Q 3

How do bats find their food at night?

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Science Class - 6>Chapter 4 - What do Animals Eat ?>Activity-2>Q 1

Write the body parts that are used to collect or capture food in the animals mentioned in the table below.

S. No.	Animal	Body parts used in taking food
1.	Hen	Beak, ...
2.	Cow
3.	Dog
4.	Frog
5.	Snake
6.	Man
7.	Lizard
8.	Vulture
9.	Lion	Legs, claws, mouth, ...
10.	Hummingbird

Refer the table to answer the following questions.

Which animals use similar parts in taking food?
Compare the parts of dog to that of hen. Write down the similarities as well as differences between them.
Compare the parts of hen and hummingbird in taking in food. Note down the similarities as well as differences between them.
What are the similarities between a dog and a lion in the parts involved in taking food?
What are the similarities and differences between a vulture and a lion in their mode of taking in food?

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Science Class - 6>Chapter 4 - What do Animals Eat ?>Exercise>Q 1

Which two of the given birds (sparrow, duck, eagle, dove) would eat the same kind of food?

Identify the given animal and mention what does it eat? Which part of its body helps it in eating?

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