Test: Animals- Food and Shelter- 1 - Class 1 MCQ

A dogfish is a long pointed fish that resides in a sea. It is also called Squalus acanthias. In winter, it lives in the deeper sea where it doesn’t eat much while in summer, it lives in coastal warm water where it eats smaller sharks, bony fish and other sea animals. Its other features are:

• It hardly grows more than 39 inches except for the cases when female fishes grow up to 49 inches.
• It is also called with other names such as spiny dogfish, blue dog.
• It is called dogfish because it chases smaller fishes just like the “pack” of dogs.

Hence, we conclude that the dogfish reside in the sea.

Habitat:

• It is the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows.
• A habitat meets all the environmental conditions an organism needs to survive. 
• The main components of habitat are shelter, water, food, and space.

Concept:

• Every animal on the earth needs a home to live in so that they can protect themselves from heat, cold, rain, attack of enemies.
• Thus homes of animals protect them also from heat, cold, rain, attack of enemies.
• One of the basic needs of any animal is a shelter which is also called home.
• A goat is a domestic animal.
• It is a warm-blooded animal.

Explanation:

Pen:

• It is an enclosed area surrounded by a shed.
• Goat lives in a pen.

Coop:

• It is a cage where small animals live.
• Hen lives in a coop.

Sty:

• It is a small enclosure.
• Pig lives in a sty.

Burrows:

• Hole or a tunnel into the ground.
• Rabbits live in burrows.

Thus, a goat lives in a pen.

The shelter made for a horse is called a stable. A stable is a building that is subdivided into separate stalls for individual animals and livestock.

Animals that eat both plants and other animals are called omnivores. 

A carnivorous animal is an animal that primarily eats meat. The cow, elephant and rabbit are herbivores, which means they primarily eat plants. The lion, on the other hand, is a carnivore and primarily eats meat.

An animal shelter is a place where an animal can find protection from the elements, predators and other dangers. Trees, tables and chairs are not types of animal shelters. A cave, however, can be a type of animal shelter for animals like bears, bats and some reptiles.

Domestic animals are animals that have been tamed and raised by humans for various purposes such as food, transportation, companionship, etc. The tiger, lion and deer are wild animals, while the horse is a domestic animal that has been used for transportation and other purposes for thousands of years.

An omnivorous animal is an animal that eats both plants and meat. The cow is a herbivore, the lion is a carnivore, and the rabbit is a herbivore. The bear, however, is an omnivore that eats both plants and meat.

A herbivorous animal is an animal that primarily eats plants. The lion and tiger are carnivorous animals that primarily eat meat, while the crocodile is a carnivorous animal that eats both meat and plants. The cow, however, is a herbivorous animal that primarily eats grass and other plants.