The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their mouth and chew it for sometime.

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The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their mouth and chew it for sometime. Grass has cellulose. It is the carbohydrate which can only be digested by ruminants because they have rumen. When they eat grass, it is sent to the rumen where enzymes acts on it and softens it. Softened cellulose is called cud. It is sent back to the mouth where ruminants chew it for sometime.

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Question 2 (d)
Mark (T) if the statement is true and (F) if it is false:
(d) The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their mouth and chew it for some time.

Mark ‘T’ if the statement is true and ‘F’ if it is false:

(a) Digestion of starch starts in the stomach. (T/F)

(b) The tongue helps in mixing food with saliva. (T/F)

(d) The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their mouth and chew it for some time. (T/F)

Q. Animals that bring back swallowed food to chew it again are called

(a) rodents
(b) ruminants
(c) carnivores
(d) none of these

Question 10
Cud is the name given to the food of ruminants which is

(a) Swallowed and undigested
(b) Swallowed and partially digested
(c) Properly chewed and partially digested
(d) Properly chewed and completely digested

Q. The process where cud returns to the mouth in small lumps for ruminants to chew is called .