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Nutrition in animals class 7

Animals get their food from plants, either directly by eating plants or indirectly by eating animals that eat plants. Some animals eat both plants and animals. Recall that all organisms including humans require food for growth, repair and functioning of the body. Animal nutrition includes nutrient requirement, mode of intake of food and its utilisation in the body

To minimize the entropy, to maintain the body structure and its growth living being requires continuous input of energy and matter. Primary source for the both is food (or nutrient). Obtaining such substances is called nutrition.

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Nutrition is defined as a process by which living beings procure food or synthesize it and change it into a simple absorbable form by a series of biochemical processes.NCERT solutions for class 7 Science prepared by pw will help you to solve your NCERT text book exercise.