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What is herbivoures?

Herbivorous means their main food is leaves, berries and roots


What is transfer of energy in animal life?

The transfer of energy in animal life, quite simply, is the figurative passing of "energy" with each progressing predator. For example, plants are the first stage of energy transfer. Anything that eats the plants, such as small animals and insects, will inherit the plant's energy that the animal has consumed. If a larger animal eats the animal or insect that ate the plants, the larger animal will inherit both the smaller animal and plant's energy. This cycle continues until the superior animal (maybe a vulture because they eat the carcasses of other animals) inherits the energy and then dies. The dead organisms nutrients and energy become part of the soil that will eventually become new plants. The cycle then begins again. Yeah, I'm not even sure if "energy" is a figurative term for nutrients, but it has yet to be disproved. It's not a physical substance so can't be calculated by mass. I'm out, J.L


What is a predator?

A predator is an animal that hunts another animals, for food. Here are a few examples:1. Lions are a predator to Zebras.2. Whale sharks are a predator to Plankton.3. Wolves are a predator to Moose.4. Cobras are a predator to Mice.The term was coined in 1840 to described insects that ate other insects (see links).A predator is a animal that eats another animal, unlike a prey that is the one that is getting eaten.something thathunts don its prey


What is an invertivore?

Well, darling, an invertivore is simply an organism that primarily feeds on invertebrates. Invertebrates are those spineless wonders like insects, worms, and mollusks. So, an invertivore is basically a fancy term for a critter that loves snacking on the little guys without a backbone.


Are insects considered to be an animal?

No. Insects is just a lay-mans term for all animals that classify as insects (invertebrates with wings and six legs, for instance). A species classifies an organism as one that has distinct features from other organisms of the same Genus. The Blue Bottle Fly, for instance, is a species of insect.

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What is is the term for an animal that eats plants?

herbivore


What is the term for a animal that eats plants?

An herbivore.


What is the term for an animal that eats mainly meats?

The name for an animal that eats ALL MEAT is a carnivore. An animal that eats BOTH PLANTS AND MEAT is a ominavore and the name for an animal that eats ALL PLANTS is a herbivore. Hope that answered your question! PS: i am not completely sure of the spelling


What is a term foran animal that lives in another plant or animal and eats plants or animals without killing it?

parasitic hurts the animal the term is mutual


What is the term when an animal captures and eats another animal?

Hunger


Is ant vegitarian animal?

By definition, an invertibrate is an animal without a backbone, such as a worm or jellyfish. So the Nyala Antelope is most certainly NOT an invertibrate.


What does herbivorous or carnivorous mean?

An herbivore is an animal that eats strictly plants and no animals. an example of an herbivore is a deer. A carnivore is an animal or plant that eats flesh. An example of a carnivore is a lion. An example of a carnivorous plant is the venus flytrap. An omnivore is an animal that has a diet based on a mixture of plants and flesh. The greatest example of omnivores is the human race. You and I are omnivores.


What does the term herbivorous mean?

Herbivores are plant eating animals, so an herbivorous animal is one that only eats plant material.it means that something only eats plants


Can a animal be a conivore and a herbivore?

Two parts to this question, first there is no such thing as a "conivore" it is spelled carnivore. The second is the term for an animal that eats both plant and meat is an omnivore.


What are animal eating animals called?

An animal that eats meat exclusively is called a carnivore.Meat-eating animals are called carnivores. Plant-eating animals are called herbivores. Animals that eat both meat and plants are called omnivores.


What is the term given to animal that only eat plant material?

Terms for what something eats can get pretty specific. at the most general level something that eats ONLY plant matter would be called an obligate herbivore. These organisms are quite rare, however. Even ungulates that seem to only eat grass and low growing plants actually eat insects and other small organisms that live on the plants they eat. Depending on exactly what kind of plants it eats the term can become more tailored to that organism. seeds, berries, grasses, bark, sap. So on and so fourth.


What is the term for when one animal eats another animal?

The one eating is called consumer. The organism killing and eating another is called a predator. The other animal is prey.