Biomes Home Web Links Lesson 8 Animals and Plants Strategies and Lifestyles Animals and plants use different life strategies. Animals and plants move in different ways. Plants and animals grow differently. Plants have more freedom of form than animals. For animals, the problem of staying alive is more complex.
Animals are consumers .
They must find something to eat to get energy. All animals are dependent on the food created by plants. Some animals eat plants, and some eat other animals. In either case, they are taking in a concentrated form of energy. In order to have a steady supply of food, animals must either locate themselves where there is an unfailing supply of food or find ways to move to where the food is.