Question

What food do the following animals eat? Also, classify them based on the food they eat. [3 MARKS]

Buffalo

Cat

Lion

Answer 1

Buffaloes:

1. Buffaloes are domesticated organisms that mostly feed on grass and hay while grazing in fields.
   
2. Since the buffaloes depend on the plant sources for their nutrients, they are called herbivores. ​

Cat:

1. Cat is a commonly a domesticated animal that feeds on milk, mice, fishes, cereals(domesticated cats) etc.
   
2. As the cats depend on the both animal and plant ​sources for their nutrients, they are called omnivores.
   

Lion:

1. ​Lion is a wild animals that feeds on the flesh of the other prey.
   
2. As the lions depend on the flesh of their prey for nutrients, they are called carnivores.