Find out the type food that different organisms feed and their mode of ingestion cow, lizard, butterfly, parrot, elephant, cockroach and horse

Open in App

Solution

Food and mode of ingestion for the given animals are as follows

Animal Food Mode of ingestion

Cow Plant products such as grasses, hay, etc Bulk feeding through mouth

Lizard Animals such as insects, small worms, some lizards also eat plant products, etc Bulk feeding through sticky tongue

Butterfly Plant products such as nectars Fluid feeding through feeding tube or proboscis

Parrot Plant products such as seeds, grains, etc Bulk feeding and deposit feeding through mouth and beak

Elephant Plant products such as grasses, fruits, etc Bulk feeding through mouth and trunk

Cockroach Any type of food material, wastes such as wallpaper, sewage, etc Bulk feeding through mouth

Horse Plant products such as grasses,grains, etc Bulk feeding through mouth

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. Very short answer type.
Which of the following animals are mammals?
Elephant, snake, hen, cow, lizard, monkey, peacock, cockroach, whale.

Q. In which mode of ingestion, do the organisms use their mouth to pierce the food item and obtain the juice from it?

Q. Pair the following organisms with their respective modes of ingestion.

The organisms A, B and C can obtain their food in three different ways. Organism A derives its food from the body of another living organism which is called its D, without killing it. The organism B takes in the solid food by the process of ingestion, digests a part of this food and throws out undigested food in the process called E. The organism C obtains its food from dead and decaying plants.

(a) What is the mode of nutrition of (i) organism A (ii) organism B, and (iii) organism C?
(b) What is the organism like D called?
(c) Name the process E.
(d) Give one example each of organisms like (i) A (ii) B, and (ii) C.
(e) What is the general name of three modes of nutrition exhibited by organisms A, B and C?

Q. Classify the organisms as oviparous and viviparous:
cow, hen, dog, cat, frog, butterfly

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

Animal	Food	Mode of ingestion
Cow	Plant products such as grasses, hay, etc	Bulk feeding through mouth
Lizard	Animals such as insects, small worms, some lizards also eat plant products, etc	Bulk feeding through sticky tongue
Butterfly	Plant products such as nectars	Fluid feeding through feeding tube or proboscis
Parrot	Plant products such as seeds, grains, etc	Bulk feeding and deposit feeding through mouth and beak
Elephant	Plant products such as grasses, fruits, etc	Bulk feeding through mouth and trunk
Cockroach	Any type of food material, wastes such as wallpaper, sewage, etc	Bulk feeding through mouth
Horse	Plant products such as grasses,grains, etc	Bulk feeding through mouth