Question

Engulfing of food in solid or fluid state is

• A. Saprozoic nutrition
• B. Parasitic nutrition
• C. Saprophytic nutrition
• D. Holozoic nutrition

Answer 1

The correct option is D Holozoic nutrition

Holozoic nutrition is a type of heterotrophic nutrition that is characterized by the ingestion and internal processing of gaseous, liquid or solid food particles Protozoa, such as amoebas, and most of the animals, exhibit this type of nutrition. There are several stages of holozoic nutrition, which often occur in separate compartments within an organism :

• Ingestion
• Digestion
• Absorption
• Assimilation and
• Egestion.

Hence, the engulfing of food in a solid or liquid state is holozoic nutrition.

So, the correct answer is 'holozoic nutrition'.