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Animals must eat food to get the chemical energy needed for survival. As food is digested by an animal, the chemical energy in food becomes available to perform life processes such as
breathe, move, grow, and think. The amount of chemical energy that an animal gets from food depends on the type and amount of food it eats. A calorie is a unit of measurement used to
measure the amount of stored chemical energy in food.
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The size and activity level of an animal affects the number of calories it will need to consume, or eat, each day. A very small animal will need only a few calories of chemical energy to survive.
The largest animals need thousands, even millions, of calories of chemical energy each day.
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Mice eat a wide range of food and need to consume about 18 calories of chemical energy each day. If a mouse eats a pellet mixture that provides 3 calories in each gram, how many grams of
the mixture would the mouse need to eat each day?
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Elephants eat many types of vegetation, including grass, fruit, and bark. Elephants in the wild need about 138,600 calories of chemical energy each day, while elephants living in zoos need
