Nutrients
Follow who eats who and more.
In this guide you will examine feeding strategies necessary for obtaining nutrients and energy.
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Nutrients Lecture Guide Contents
The material from this guide and corresponding lecture is assessed on the weekly quiz.
Nutrients Objectives
Nutrients & Energy
Describe animal nutrient and energy requirements, including their availability in food sources; provide the characteristics water as well as how animals gain and lose water; and discuss the animal need for water as well as the structures and behaviors related to water management.
Food Webs
Compare and contrast how nutrients cycle and energy flows through a food web; and map the nutrient cycling and energy flow through the trophic levels of a terrestrial and an aquatic food web.
Feeding Strategies
Describe different feeding strategies and the structures animals possess to make these strategies possible; and explain what an herbivore is, including types of herbivory, feeding structures used, and reliance on producers.
Animal Defenses
List different types of animal structural and behavioral defenses and provide an example of a species that utilizes each defense; and describe different forms of camouflage including the species and form of camouflage, and how the camouflage works.
