Nutrition and Minerals

Q.

A nutritionally wild-type organism, which does not require any additional growth supplement is known as:

1. Holotype

2. Auxotroph

3. Prototroph

4. Phenotype

Q. All elements that are present in a plant need not be essential to its survival. Comment.

Q. The primary source of minerals is

1. Water and Air

2. Soil

3. Microbes

4. Fertilizers

Q. The primary source of minerals is

1. Fertilizers
2. Microbes
3. Soil
4. Water and Air

Q. The uptake and utilization of inorganic nutrients by the plants is termed:

1. Symbiosis
2. Mineral nutrition
3. Assimilation
4. Metabolism

Q. Phototrophs and chemotrophs are defined based on their

1. Energy source
2. Requirement of organic and inorganic substance
3. Metabolism
4. Structure

Q. Identify the set of nutrients that can derive energy

1. Vitamins, Fats, Hormones

2. Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats

3. Minerals, water, vitamins

4. Carbohydrates, Enzymes, Proteins, Lipids

Q. The facilitates uptake of nutrition from the air while the helps in absorption of nutrients from the soil.

1. stomata
2. cuticle
3. root hairs
4. epidermis