Interestingly, Most Herbivorous Animals Do Not Have the Ability to Digest

question 11

Multiple Choice

Interestingly, most herbivorous animals do not have the ability to digest the cellulose in plants. However, in the absence of this ability, a mechanism has evolved that allows them to survive despite eating only plant matter, namely,

• A)production of saliva containing amylase.
• B)digestion by symbiotic microorganisms.
• C)avoidance of plants containing cellulose.
• D)converting cellulose to other carbohydrates.

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Definitions:

Herbaceous Plants

Plants that do not have woody stems and typically die back to the ground level at the end of the growing season.

Woody Plants

Plants that produce wood as their structural tissue and typically have perennial growth.

Neogene Period

A division of geological time from approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago, part of the Cenozoic Era.

Chemical Evolution

The process through which simple chemical compounds gradually transformed into more complex molecules, eventually leading to the emergence of life.