ASCI 112 Midterm #2 Exam Questions &
Answers 2023/2024
Nutritional Ecology - ANSWER-Adaptation of animals to their environments by development of dietary
habits and physiological mechanisms that allow them to exploit available food sources in their habitats;
few animals are restricted to one type of food because they adapt
Continuous Feeders - ANSWER-Most common in animals that consume low-quality foodstuffs, like
grasses, and/or foodstuffs that are scattered in small quantities over large areas; includes grazers like
sheep, goats, pigs, deer, squirrels
Discontinuous Feeders - ANSWER-Most common in animals that eat high-quality foodstuffs (fruit, eggs,
other animals) and eat foodstuffs that are commonly available in bulk; includes meal eaters
Hunters - ANSWER-Wolves, cats, Eagles, whales, alligators
Grazers - ANSWER-Foragers; sheep, goats, pigs, deer, squirrels
Scavengers - ANSWER-Hyena, vultures, raccoons
Herbivores - ANSWER-Primarily plant based; ruminants (no upper incisors and tough dental pad)
Carnivore - ANSWER-Meat based
Omnivore - ANSWER-Meat and plant
Insectivore - ANSWER-Eats insects
Frugivore - ANSWER-Eats fruits
, Mucivore - ANSWER-Eats mucus/sap
Granivore - ANSWER-Eats seeds
Ovivore - ANSWER-Eats eggs
Detritivore - ANSWER-Eats dead things
Folivore - ANSWER-Eats leaves
Fungivore - ANSWER-Eats fungi
Planktivore - ANSWER-Eats plankton
Sanguivore - ANSWER-Eats blood
Ossivore - ANSWER-Eats bone
Piscivore - ANSWER-Eats fish
Special Adaptations - ANSWER-Different animals have different eating habits and so their body has
adapted- teeth- horses molars are disingenuous to take a lifetime to wear down
Harvesting Equipment - ANSWER-Mouth (teeth, tongue, lips, muzzle); used for grinding food and mixing
with saliva
Prehensile Grasping Mechanisms - ANSWER-Lips me tongue of horses and ruminants (cows, sheep,
goats) grasp blades of grass so that they can be torn away and consumed
Tongue Rollong - ANSWER-Common in jersey cows
Answers 2023/2024
Nutritional Ecology - ANSWER-Adaptation of animals to their environments by development of dietary
habits and physiological mechanisms that allow them to exploit available food sources in their habitats;
few animals are restricted to one type of food because they adapt
Continuous Feeders - ANSWER-Most common in animals that consume low-quality foodstuffs, like
grasses, and/or foodstuffs that are scattered in small quantities over large areas; includes grazers like
sheep, goats, pigs, deer, squirrels
Discontinuous Feeders - ANSWER-Most common in animals that eat high-quality foodstuffs (fruit, eggs,
other animals) and eat foodstuffs that are commonly available in bulk; includes meal eaters
Hunters - ANSWER-Wolves, cats, Eagles, whales, alligators
Grazers - ANSWER-Foragers; sheep, goats, pigs, deer, squirrels
Scavengers - ANSWER-Hyena, vultures, raccoons
Herbivores - ANSWER-Primarily plant based; ruminants (no upper incisors and tough dental pad)
Carnivore - ANSWER-Meat based
Omnivore - ANSWER-Meat and plant
Insectivore - ANSWER-Eats insects
Frugivore - ANSWER-Eats fruits
, Mucivore - ANSWER-Eats mucus/sap
Granivore - ANSWER-Eats seeds
Ovivore - ANSWER-Eats eggs
Detritivore - ANSWER-Eats dead things
Folivore - ANSWER-Eats leaves
Fungivore - ANSWER-Eats fungi
Planktivore - ANSWER-Eats plankton
Sanguivore - ANSWER-Eats blood
Ossivore - ANSWER-Eats bone
Piscivore - ANSWER-Eats fish
Special Adaptations - ANSWER-Different animals have different eating habits and so their body has
adapted- teeth- horses molars are disingenuous to take a lifetime to wear down
Harvesting Equipment - ANSWER-Mouth (teeth, tongue, lips, muzzle); used for grinding food and mixing
with saliva
Prehensile Grasping Mechanisms - ANSWER-Lips me tongue of horses and ruminants (cows, sheep,
goats) grasp blades of grass so that they can be torn away and consumed
Tongue Rollong - ANSWER-Common in jersey cows
