Understanding Animal Diets: Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores

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Explore the world of animal diets by learning about herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Discover what different animals eat and the classifications based on their diet preferences. Engage in activities to distinguish between herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, and understand the special characteristics associated with each category. Delve into the fascinating food chains in the environment and enhance your knowledge about the diverse feeding habits of animals.

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Science in the Environment Food Chains Herbivores, Carnivores & Omnivores

Today we will: Learn about what different animals eat (herbivores, carnivores and omnivores) Be able to say whether an animal is a herbivore or a carnivore

Brainstorm What do Animals Eat? Discuss as a class for 5 minutes what animals eat You can think about your pets or wild animals Do they all eat the same things? Do some animals have different diets?

What do these animals eat? Cows Rabbits Giraffes

There is a special name for animals who only eat PLANTS: HERBIVORES Herb means plant

What do these animals eat? Lions Crocodiles Sharks

There is a special name for animals who only eat MEAT: CARNIVORES Carne means meat An animal that eats other animals is called a PREDATOR An animal that gets eaten by other animals is called PREY

What do these animals eat? Bears Foxes Humans!

There is a special name for animals that eat both plants and meat: OMNIVORES Omni means everything. If an omnivore eats another animal we still call it a predator.

Task Watch this video: What do Animals Eat?

TASK On the next page there are pictures of lots of different animals. 1. Cut them out. 2. Decide whether they are CARNIVORES (only eat meat), HERBIVORES (only eat plants) or OMNIVORES (eat meat and plants) 3. Stick them under the correct heading in the table on the last sheet.