Saprotrophs

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Can fungi make their own food ? Why ?

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Is a mushroom fungi?

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Question 7
Organisms which synthesize carbohydrates from inorganic compounds using radiant energy are called

(a) decomposers
(b) producers
(c) herbivores
(d) carnivores

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Do Fungi have cilia?

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The term that is used for the mode of nutrition in yeast, mushroom, and bread-mold is

1. autotrophic

2. insectivorous

3. saprophytic

4. parasitic

Q. One of the following helps in the recycling of materials in an ecosystem. This one is:​

1. omnivores​
2. saprotrophs​
3. carnivores​
4. autotrophs​

Q. In which of the following groups of organisms, food material is broken down outside the body and absorbed?

1. Cuscuta, lice, tapeworm
2. Mushroom, green plants, amoeba
3. Paramecium, amoeba, cuscuta
4. Yeast, mushroom, bread mould

Q. 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?

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Define:

(ii) Heterotrophs