Plant and Animal Behavior Lesson

Animal behaviour, digestive system and food chain

By Elisa Barrios

Animals are living organism that need nutrients to survive​

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Animals

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A food chain describes how different organisms eat each other, starting out with a plant and ending with an animal.

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​Food Chain

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Animals that eat meat.

examples: lion, tiger, ​shark

​Carnivores

Animals can be classified depending on what they eat:

​Herbivores

​Omnivores

Animals that eat plants

examples: caterpillar, cow, deer

Animals that eat plants and meat

examples: humans, bears

• complex digestive system

• one stomach (humans, ​birds, etc)

• multi-chambered stomach (cows​, sheeps, camels, etc)

VERTEBRATES Digestive System

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• Simple digestive system ​

• organism with one opening​ for digestion

• ​examples: Jellyfish,

​​INVERTEBRATES Digestive System

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Animal Behavior

it's the study of

• how animals move in the environment,

• how they interact socially,

• ​how they learn about their environment,

• ​how they achieve understanding

some animals migrate, they change their living place for instict to survive

​Migration

Some animals adapt to any behavioral​ or physical characteristics to survive according to the weather, diet, ecosystem, body parts, etc.

Adaptation

Animal Behavior

​Nesting

​Hunting

Animal Behavior

​Hibernation

Open Ended

What are animals?

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

Animal behavior is the study of how animals:

• move in the environment, eat other animals, run for the jungle

• interact socially, move in the environment, learn about the environment, achieve understanding

• achieve understanding, speak and move in the environment, fly in the air

• learn about the other animals, eat food, drink water and nutrients and jump into the ocean

Open Ended

Give 1 definition and 1 example of food chain

Open Ended

Give 3 characteristics of the digestive system of vertebrates

Open Ended

Give 2 characteristics of the digestive system of invertebrates

Open Ended

Give 5 examples of animal behavior