Question

Give one word for the following:
(a) an organism living on dead and decaying organic matter
(b) the pigment which gives the green colour to plants.
(c) one example of a total plant parasite.
(d) one example of a heterotrophic organism
(e) saprophytes lack this

Answer 1

(a) Saprophyte is an organism living on dead and decaying organic matter.
(b) Chlorophyll is the pigment that gives the green colour to plants.
(c) Dodder is an example of a total plant parasite.
(d) Lion is an example of a heterotrophic organism.
(e) Saprophytes lack chlorophyll.