Parasitic and Saprophytic Nutrition

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I wants to know why our body cannot make food from carbon dioxide, water and minerals.

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Name and define the mode of nutrition in the mushroom.

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Name two animals that live on liquid food only..

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A plant which lives on another plant, obtains nutrition from that plant and deprives it of its valuable nutrients is called ________ .

1. Parasite

2. Insectivore

3. Saprophyte

4. Symbiote

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What makes a sandalwood tree different from normal parasites?

1. It prepares its own food

2. It obtains its nutrition from decayed organic remains

3. For food alone, it depends on the plant on which it lives

4. It takes only water and minerals from the roots of other plants

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Which of the following is/are true for Loranthus?

1. It takes water and minerals from the host plant

2. It makes its own food

3. Only for food, it depends on the plant on which it lives

4. It gets its nutrition from decayed organic remains

Q. What are parasites?

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Do plants contain chlorophyll?

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What are saprophytes and their mode of nutrition? [3 MARKS]

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Mode of nutrition in fungi is:

1. Autotrophic

2. Heterotrophic

3. Parasitic

4. Saprophytic

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All organisms take food from plants. So why we can't said that we are parasites?

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What animal uses photosynthesis?

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Which among the following is a saprophyte?

1. Leech

2. Vulture

3. Yeast

4. Cuscuta

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Fungi feed on:

1. Plants

2. Soil

3. Animals

4. Dead matter

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___ are the organisms that live on the host's body and derive their nutrients from it.

1. Amphibians

2. Mammals

3. Parasites

4. Reptiles

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Which of the following do not have chlorophyll?

1. Algae

2. Cuscuta

3. Both A and B

4. None of these

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Explain how the following are adapted to survive in their habitat:
Dodder plant

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Name one non-green plant, we eat.

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Organisms that break down dead and decaying organisms are known as:

1. Humans

2. Mammals

3. Decomposers

4. Reptiles

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Sandalwood tree is a type of ___.

1. Total parasite

2. Partial parasite

3. Decomposer

4. Saprotroph

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Identify the saprotroph from the given organisms.

1. Lichen

2. Algae

3. Fungi

4. Rhizobium

Q. Venus flytrap depends entirely on insects to fulfill it's demand.

1. potassium
2. nitrogen
3. iron
4. calcium