Saprophytic Nutrition
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Define (i) saprophytic nutrition
(ii) parasitic nutrition, and
(iii) holozoic nutrition.
Give one example of each type.
Name one organism each having saprophytic, parasitic and holozoic modes of nutrition.
Question 2
In which of the following groups of organisms, food material is broken down outside the body and absorbed?
(a) Mushroom, green plants, Amoeba
(b) Yeast, mushroom, bread mould
(c) Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta
(d) Cuscuta, lice, tapeworm
Define (i) saprophyte, and (ii) parasite. Name two saprophytes and two parasites.
The organisms A, B and C can obtain their food in three different ways. Organism A derives its food from the body of another living organism which is called its D, without killing it. The organism B takes in the solid food by the process of ingestion, digests a part of this food and throws out undigested food in the process called E. The organism C obtains its food from dead and decaying plants.
(a) What is the mode of nutrition of (i) organism A (ii) organism B, and (iii) organism C?
(b) What is the organism like D called?
(c) Name the process E.
(d) Give one example each of organisms like (i) A (ii) B, and (ii) C.
(e) What is the general name of three modes of nutrition exhibited by organisms A, B and C?
How do non-green plants such as fungi and bacteria obtain their nourishment ?
How do yeast and fungi obtain their nutrition?
What are the different modes of nutrition?
One of the following organisms has a saprophytic mode of nutrition. This organism is :
(a) mushroom (b) malarial parasite (c) leech (d) lice
Assertion (A): Most of fungi require some organism (dead or decaying) for their nutrition.
Reason (R): Fungi can produce their food from inorganic nutrients and sunlight.
A is incorrect but R is correct
Both A and R are correct, R is the correct explanation for A
A is correct but R is incorrect
Both A and R are correct and R is not the correct explanation for A
Name the different types of hetero trophic nutrition ?
What is nutrition? What are the different type of nutrition?
What are saprophytes?
Are rabbits example of saprophytic nutrition?
Which type of nutrition is present in fungi growing on bread?
In the pictures below, mosquito and bread mould are shown. They differ in their nutrition mode because ………………
Their body structures are different.
Their food is different.
Both A and B
Their respiratory systems are different
What is the significance of
a. leguminous plants associating symbiotically with rhizobium and
b. venus fly trap feeding on insects?
For shelter and water.
For fulfilling nitrogen requirements.
To meet carbon requirements.
To obtain more energy.
What is the mode of nutrition in fungi?
(a) Mushroom, Green plants, Amoeba
(b) Yeast, Mushroom, Bread mould
(c) Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta
(d) Cuscuta, Lice, Tapeworm
- autotrophic
- heterotrophic
- parasitic
- saprophytic
The one correct option for the two blanks is
- (A) : Organ-transplant, (B) : Trichoderma
- (A) : Swine flu, (B) : Monascus
- (A) : AIDS, (B) : Pseudomonas
- (A) : Heart, (B) : Penicillium
Fungi use
- True
- False
- Gastric glands
- Pancreas
- Gallbladder
- Liver
- True
- False
- Leech
- Vulture
- Yeast
- Bacteria
Which among the following is true for fungi?
Fungi are not related to plants.
Fungi only decompose organic matter; hence they are of no value to us.
Yeast is a fungus.
Fungi produce their own food.
