1.6 To classify animals according to their feeding habits

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.

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.