Here are 10 One-Word Answer Type Questions from the topic Digestion in Grass-Eating Animals (from your provided PDF), with answers and explanations after each question as requested:
One-Word Answer Type Questions
Topic: Digestion in Grass-Eating Animals
1. Question: What are grass-eating animals like cows and buffaloes called?
• Answer: Ruminants
• Explanation: Grass-eating animals that chew cud and have a complex stomach are called ruminants.
2. Question: In which part of the ruminant’s stomach is the food stored after first swallowing?
• Answer: Rumen
• Explanation: The rumen is the first chamber of the ruminant’s stomach where food is stored and partially digested.
3. Question: What is the partially digested food in ruminants called?
• Answer: Cud
• Explanation: Cud is the partially digested food that is regurgitated back to the mouth for chewing.
4. Question: What is the process of chewing cud called?
• Answer: Rumination
• Explanation: Rumination is the process in which ruminants bring back cud to their mouth and chew it.
5. Question: What type of carbohydrate is digested in the rumen?
• Answer: Cellulose
• Explanation: Ruminants can digest cellulose in the rumen with the help of certain bacteria.
6. Question: What type of microorganisms help in digestion of cellulose in ruminants?
• Answer: Bacteria
• Explanation: Bacteria present in the rumen help in breaking down cellulose.
7. Question: What is the relationship between ruminants and bacteria in their stomach?
• Answer: Symbiotic
• Explanation: Ruminants and bacteria have a symbiotic relationship as bacteria help in digestion and get shelter.
8. Question: Name an example of a ruminant animal.
• Answer: Cow
• Explanation: Cow is a common ruminant animal that chews cud.
9. Question: What is the sac-like structure in animals like horses that helps digest cellulose?
• Answer: Caecum
• Explanation: The caecum is a sac-like structure in horses and rabbits that helps digest cellulose.
10. Question: What type of digestive system is present in ruminants?
• Answer: Complex
• Explanation: Ruminants have a complex digestive system with a four-chambered stomach to digest plant material.
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