What “-vore” Are You? Draw a line from the animal to which type of “-vore” you think it is.

Carnivore- animal that gets Human most or all of its energy from eating meat. Elephant

Lion

Black Bear

Herbivore- animal that gets most or all of its energy from eating plants. Bison

Ostrich

Owl

Omnivore- animal that gets all of its energy from eating meat Gorilla and plants. Snake More “-vores”

Draw a line between these “-vores” and what you think they would eat.

Apivore Eat spiders Arachnivore Eat fish Coprophagous Eat decomposing organic matter Detritivore Eat fish Equivore Eat ants Formivore Eat fruit Frugivore Eat bees Granivore Eat blood Ichthyophagous Eat frogs Insectivore Eat mud Limivore Eat insects Mellivore Eat worms Mycophagous Eat honey Nucivore Eat fungi (think mushrooms!) Ophiophagous Eat poop Panivore Eat nuts Piscivore Eat snakes Polyphagous Eat bread Ranivore Eat horse meat Rhizophagous Eat many types of food Sanguivore Eat roots Vermivore Eating seeds

Answer Key

What “–vore” are you?

Answers: Carnivores= snake, owl, lion Herbivores= gorilla, elephant, bison Omnivores= human, black bear, ostrich

More “–vores”

Answers: Apivore= bees Ranivore= frogs Arachnivore= spiders Rhizophagous= roots Coprophagous= poop Sanguivore= blood Detritivore= decomposing organic materials Vermivore= worms Equivore= horses Formivore= ants Frugivore= fruit Granivore= seeds Ichthyophagous= fish Insectivore= insects Limivore= mud Mellivore= honey Mycophagous= fungi Nucivore= nuts Ophiophagous= snakes Panivore= bread Piscivore= fish Polyphagous= many types of food