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Animals and us · Lesson 9 of 18

What do animals eat?

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A herbivore eats plants. A carnivore eats other animals. An omnivore eats both plants and animals.

A rabbit eats plants. A lion eats animals. A bear can eat both. These words help us group animals by their food.

Herbivore → plantsCarnivore → animalsOmnivore → both
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Watch how I do it

My adult gives me a food fact: a rabbit eats grass and leaves. I put rabbit in the herbivore group because those foods are plants.

Your turn

An animal eats berries and insects. Is it a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore?

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Let's check together

An omnivore. Berries come from plants; insects are animals.

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Use adult-checked food facts to sort rabbit, lion and brown bear cards. Explain each choice.

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My observation notebook

With an adult, look at a safe real example or a checked photograph. Name the example and say which you used. Record what you actually notice. Do not taste plants or materials, approach unknown animals or invent missing observations.

Tell your adult what you notice. They can help you write it. A prediction is what you think might happen; an observation is what you actually see, hear or feel safely.

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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage

Never test by feeding animals. Diets vary by species; specify brown bear for the mixed-diet example and use reliable facts.

Use real observations alongside the diagrams. Supervise practical work; never taste unknown materials or plants, handle unknown animals, or look at the Sun. Return to plants, weather and daylight throughout the year, not just once.

These are teaching introductions, not a claim of mastery. Open the subject's coverage map and limits.