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

Mushroom, Green plants, Amoeba

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Yeast, Mushroom, Bread mould

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Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta

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Cuscuta, Lice, Tapeworm

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Solution

The correct option is B
Yeast, Mushroom, Bread mould

Saprophytes break down complex organic molecules present in dead and decaying matter and convert them into simpler substances outside their body. These simpler substances are then absorbed by saprophytes as their food. For example, fungi, mushroom, yeast and bread moulds.

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Question 2
In which of the following groups of organisms, food material is broken down outside the body and absorbed?

(a) Mushroom, green plants, Amoeba
(b) Yeast, mushroom, bread mould
(c) Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta
(d) Cuscuta, lice, tapeworm

Q. Which of the following organisms derive their nutrition from living plants or animals?

निम्नलिखित में से कौनसा जीव जीवित पादप या जंतुओं से अपना पोषण प्राप्त करता है?

(i) Bread mould (फफूँदी)

(ii) Cuscuta (कस्कुटा)

(iii) Leech (लीच)

(iv) Mushroom (मशरूम)

(v) Yeast (यीस्ट)

(vi) Tape-worm (फीताकृमि)

Q. Choose the correct statements regarding the statements given below.

Statement 1: Cuscuta derives nutrition from plants without killing them.
Statement 2: Yeasts break down the food material outside their body and then absorb the nutrients.

The multicelluar organism which reproduces by budding is :

(a) Amoeba

(b) Yeast

(d) Hydra

Question 5
The term that is used for the mode of nutrition in yeast, mushroom and bread-mould is

(a) autotrophic
(b) insectivorous
(c) saprophytic
(d) parasitic

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