DIFFERENT WAYS OF TAKING FOOD

Here are 10 One-Word Answer Type Questions from the topic Different Ways of Taking Food (from your provided PDF), with answers and explanations after each question as you requested:

One-Word Answer Type Questions

Topic: Different Ways of Taking Food

1. Question: What is the process of taking food by an organism called?

• Answer: Ingestion

• Explanation: Ingestion is the process through which food is taken into the body by animals.

2. Question: What is the mode of feeding in mosquitoes called?

• Answer: Sucking

• Explanation: Mosquitoes feed by sucking the blood of other animals through their piercing mouthparts.

3. Question: What is the feeding habit of an eagle known as?

• Answer: Swallowing

• Explanation: An eagle captures its prey and swallows it after tearing it with its beak.

4. Question: What is the mode of feeding in ants?

• Answer: Scraping

• Explanation: Ants scrape food particles from surfaces using their mouthparts.

5. Question: What is the mode of feeding in butterflies?

• Answer: Siphoning

• Explanation: Butterflies have a long tube-like structure to suck nectar from flowers, called siphoning.

6. Question: What is the feeding method of houseflies called?

• Answer: Sponging

• Explanation: Houseflies sponge liquid food using their sponging mouthparts.

7. Question: What type of feeding is done by infants on mother’s milk?

• Answer: Sucking

• Explanation: Infants feed by sucking milk from the mother’s breast.

8. Question: What is the mode of feeding in a snake?

• Answer: Swallowing

• Explanation: Snakes swallow their prey whole without chewing.

9. Question: What is the feeding habit of a hummingbird?

• Answer: Sucking

• Explanation: Hummingbirds suck nectar from flowers using their long beak.

10. Question: What is the feeding method of starfish?

• Answer: Capturing

• Explanation: Starfish capture their prey and pop out their stomach to digest it externally before ingestion.

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