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Natural sciences
Ecosystems and the environmental balance
Educator section
Memorandum
Assignment 10:
Cats: carnivore
Wild dogs: carnivore
Kudu: herbivore
Leopard: carnivore
Baboons: omnivore
Sheep: herbivore
Pigs: omnivore
Leaner section
Content
Activity: to classify animals according to their feeding habits [lo 2.2]
(i) Consumers of food (animals) are also grouped according to their eating habits:
Macro-consumers include:
Herbivores (plant eaters), e.g. whales and goats
Carnivores (meat eaters), e.g. lions and snakes
Omnivores (plant and meat eaters), e.g. humans and rats
Assignment 10
Complete the table.
Herbivore | Carnivore | Omnivore | Animal |
_______________ | _______________ | _______________ | cats |
______________ | _______________ | _______________ | _______________ |
_______________ | _______________ | _______________ | wild dogs |
_______________ | _______________ | _______________ | kudu |
_______________ | _______________ | ______________ | _______________ |
_______________ | _______________ | _______________ | leopards |
_______________ | _______________ | _______________ | baboons |
_______________ | ______________ | _______________ | _______________ |
_______________ | _______________ | _______________ | sheep |
_______________ | _______________ | _______________ | pigs |
AMAZING:
- An organism is an individual plant or animal.
- Most animals spend the greatest part of the day searching for food and eating!
- Population is a group of individuals from a species living together in a certain area, e.g. Yellowwood trees, squirrels, fruit flies, marigolds and yellowfish.
- The teeth, paws, nose and ears of every animal are specially adapted to what it eats (especially the jaws, mouth and teeth!)
Assessment
Learning Outcome 2: The learner will know and be able to interpret and apply scientific, technological and environmental knowledge.
Assessment Standard 2.2: We know this when the learner categorises information.
Read also:
OpenStax, Natural sciences grade 6. OpenStax CNX. Sep 16, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11079/1.1
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