Give the appropriate terms to the following statements:
(a) Any substance taken into the body for purpose of providing nutrition.
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Solution
Nutrition is the process of fulfilling the food needs of an organism. It can be autotrophic or heterotrophic.
The life process of consuming substances from the outside to generate energy inside the body is called heterotrophic nutrition and the organisms as heterotrophs.
The substance consumed by heterotrophs from outside for getting nutrition is called food.