Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Biology
Chapter: Chapter 10 — Chapter 10: Nutrition in Animals
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What do herbivores eat? [1]
(A) Only plants
(B) Only meat
(C) Both plants and meat
(D) Neither
2. What do carnivores eat? [1]
(A) Only meat
(B) Only plants
(C) Both plants and meat
(D) Neither
3. What do omnivores eat? [1]
(A) Both plants and meat
(B) Only plants
(C) Only meat
(D) Neither
4. What digestive feature do herbivores often have? [1]
(A) Longer digestive tracts
(B) Shorter digestive tracts
(C) No digestive tract
(D) Identical tracts to carnivores
5. What is a ruminant? [1]
(A) An animal with a specialised stomach for digesting plants
(B) An animal that only eats meat
(C) An animal with no stomach
(D) A type of plant
6. What is an example of a ruminant? [1]
(A) A cow
(B) A lion
(C) A tiger
(D) A wolf
7. What teeth do carnivores typically have? [1]
(A) Sharp teeth for tearing meat
(B) Flat teeth for grinding plants
(C) No teeth at all
(D) Only molars
8. Why study nutrition in animals? [1]
(A) To understand diverse feeding and digestive adaptations
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What do herbivores eat? [1]
(A) Only plants
(B) Only meat
(C) Both plants and meat
(D) Neither
10. What do carnivores eat? [1]
(A) Only meat
(B) Only plants
(C) Both plants and meat
(D) Neither
11. What do omnivores eat? [1]
(A) Both plants and meat
(B) Only plants
(C) Only meat
(D) Neither
12. What digestive feature do herbivores often have? [1]
(A) Longer digestive tracts
(B) Shorter digestive tracts
(C) No digestive tract
(D) Identical tracts to carnivores
13. What is a ruminant? [1]
(A) An animal with a specialised stomach for digesting plants
(B) An animal that only eats meat
(C) An animal with no stomach
(D) A type of plant
14. What is an example of a ruminant? [1]
(A) A cow
(B) A lion
(C) A tiger
(D) A wolf
15. What teeth do carnivores typically have? [1]
(A) Sharp teeth for tearing meat
(B) Flat teeth for grinding plants
(C) No teeth at all
(D) Only molars
16. Why study nutrition in animals? [1]
(A) To understand diverse feeding and digestive adaptations
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests