Class 3 Science - Animals Feeding Habits - CBSE Worksheets Solutions

MCQs

Question 1: Animals need food to:
(a) sleep
(b) drink
(c) grow
(d) bath

Correct Answer is Option C

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.

Question 2: Which of the following animals is an omnivore?
(a) Lion
(b) Tiger
(c) Bear
(d) Deer

Correct Answer is Option C

An Organism which feeds on both plants and animals is an omnivore.Examples of omnivores include bears, birds, dogs, raccoons, foxes, certain insects, and even humans.

Question 3: Which of the following animals swallow its food as a whole?
(a) Bear
(b) Lion
(c) Snake
(d) Horse

Correct Answer is Option C

Snakes swallow things whole because they don't have teeth designed for chewing. In fact, their fangs curve backward to push food toward the throat.

Question 4: Animals that eat only plants are called:
(a) herbivorous
(b) carnivorous
(c) omnivorous
(d) none of these

Correct Answer is Option A

Animals that eat plants exclusively are herbivores, and animals that eat only meat are carnivores. When animals eat both plants and meat, they are called omnivores.

Question 5: Animals that chew the cud are mostly:
(a) carnivores
(b) herbivores
(c) omnivores
(d) none of these

Correct Answer is Option B

Animals that chew their cuds are referred to as ruminants. Ruminants are herbivores, meaning their diets consist of mainly plant material. Ruminants have multiple compartments in their stomachs which allow them to store and digest their food in this special way.

Question 6: The food chain begins with:
(a) plants
(b) carnivores
(c) herbivores
(d) omnivores

Correct Answer is Option A

Food chains begin with plants (known as primary producers), followed by the animals that consume plants (primary consumers or herbivores), the animals that eat herbivores (secondary consumers), and so on.

Fill in the blanks

Question 7:
plant-eating, leeches, tongue, bear

• Leeches are blood-sucking animals.
• Herbivorous animals are plant eating animals.
• Cats lap milk with the help of their tongue.
• Bear is an omnivorous animal.

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• Leeches are worms that live in water or on land and feed by sucking blood from fish, frogs, lizards, birds or, if they get the chance, larger animals like humans. They suck blood because it is a very good food source for them.
• Herbivores are animals whose primary food source is plant-based.
• Cats like to do things their own way, when it comes to drinking. Researchers have discovered that felines have their own style of lapping water. The cat's tongue makes only the briefest contact with the liquid's surface, before quickly retracting to pull a thin column of milk into the mouth.
• An Organism which feeds on both plants and animals is an omnivore. Examples of omnivores include bears, birds, dogs, raccoons, foxes, certain insects, and even humans.

Answer the following questions

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals.

Question 9: What is chewing the cud? Give two examples of animals which chew the cud.

When cud-chewing animals eat their food, some of the food is stored in a special pouch within its stomach. It later regurgitates this stored food, or cud, and begins to chew it again.Cattle, deer, sheep, goats and antelope are some examples of animals that chew their cud.

Question 10: Explain the eating habits of omnivorous animals.

Some animals, like crows, bears, dogs, cockroaches and humans, eat both plants and flesh of other animals. Examples of omnivores include bears, birds, dogs.

Question 11: All animals depend on plants for their food. How?

Animals get their energy from food.They get their energy from the sun, which allows them to manufacture the substances they need for their development. Most animals depend directly or indirectly on plants. In this way, even carnivores that feed on herbivores depend on the plants that feed their prey.

Question 12: What is a food chain?

A food chain is the transfer of food energy from plants to an animal and then to another animal. Food chains begin with plants (known as primary producers), followed by the animals that consume plants (primary consumers or herbivores), the animals that eat herbivores (secondary consumers), and so on.

True & False

Question 13:

• Carnivorous animals are both flesh and plant-eating animals. False 
• All animals depend on plants for food directly or indirectly. True
• Mosquitoes are not blood-sucking animals. False
• Frogs gnaw their food. False
• Snakes swallow their food after chewing. False

Oral questions

Question 14: Name two animals which swallow their food as a whole.

Snakes, Frogs, Turtles

Question 15: Name an animal which has a long sticky tongue.

Frogs