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Animal Diets & Teeth
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Mission 1 • Think Like a Scientist

🐾 What Does This Animal Eat?

Animals do not all eat the same kinds of food. Let's investigate animals, their diets, and their teeth!

Lion
🦁 Lion
Cow
🐄 Cow
Bear
🐻 Bear
🤔 Do you think these animals eat the same food?
Mission 2 • Carnivores

🍖 Which Animals Hunt and Eat Other Animals?

Click all the animals that hunt and eat other animals.
Lion
🦁 Lion
Cow
🐄 Cow
Tiger
🐅 Tiger
Rabbit
🐇 Rabbit
Eagle
🦅 Eagle
🍖 Carnivores mainly eat other animals.
Mission 3 • Teeth Detective

🦷 Explore Carnivore Teeth

Sharp carnivore teeth
Look carefully at these teeth. What do you notice?
Sharp teeth help carnivores grip and tear meat.
Mission 4 • Herbivores

🐄 What Does a Herbivore Eat?

Click the foods that a herbivore could eat.
Grass
🌿 Grass
Fish
🐟 Fish
Leaves
🌿 Leaves
Egg
🥚 Egg
🌿 Herbivores mainly eat plants.
Mission 5 • Teeth Challenge

🦷 Which Teeth Help a Cow?

Flat herbivore teeth
Which teeth would help a cow grind grass?
Wide, flat teeth help herbivores crush and grind plants.
Mission 6 • Omnivores

🐻 What Is an Omnivore?

Bear
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Plants
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Animals
What do we call an animal that eats both plants and animals?
Omnivores eat both plants and animals.
Mission 7 • Build the Mouth

🦷 Why Does an Omnivore Need Different Teeth?

Click each type of tooth to discover its job.
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Incisors

Click to reveal
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Canines

Click to reveal
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Molars

Click to reveal
Omnivores have different types of teeth for different jobs.
Mission 8 • Animal Sort

🧩 Sort the Animals

Click an animal, then click the group where you think it belongs.

🦁 Lion 🐄 Cow 🐇 Rabbit 🐅 Tiger 🐻 Bear 🧒 Human 🦅 Eagle

🦁 CARNIVORE

🐄 HERBIVORE

🐻 OMNIVORE

Mission 9 • Food Detective

🍽️ What Could Each Animal Eat?

Choose the foods that could be eaten by the animal shown.

🦁 Lion

🐄 Cow

🐻 Bear

Different animals can have very different diets.
Mission 10 • Mystery Teeth

🔍 Guess the Animal from Its Teeth

Look only at the teeth. Can you identify the type of animal?

Mystery skull with sharp teeth

Mystery A

🦁 Carnivore
Sharp teeth help tear meat.
Mystery skull with flat teeth

Mystery B

🐄 Herbivore
Flat teeth help grind plants.
Mystery skull with mixed teeth

Mystery C

🐻 Omnivore
Different teeth perform different jobs.
💡 Click each mystery mouth to reveal your detective answer.
Mission 11 • Connect the Ideas

🧠 Why Are Teeth Different?

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FOOD

What an animal eats

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TEETH

Teeth suited to the food

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JOB

Cut, tear, crush or grind

Complete each sentence by choosing the correct answer.

🍖 Meat

🌿 Plants

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Mission 12 • Quick Fire

⚡ Quick-Fire Challenge

Question 1

A lion eats meat.

Question 2

A cow eats grass.

Question 3

A bear can eat plants and animals.

Question 4

Which teeth help tear meat?

Question 5

Which teeth help grind plants?

Mission 13 • Tooth Detective

🏆 Final Mission

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Scientists discovered a mystery animal!

It has wide, flat back teeth and mostly eats leaves and grass.

What type of animal is it?

Why?
Mission 14 • Exit Ticket

🎯 Show What You Know!

Complete the five questions before finishing your mission.

🦷 Different food → Different teeth → Different jobs