In which of the following groups of organisms the food material is broken down outside the body and then absorbed?
(a) Mushroom, Green plants, Amoeba
(b) Yeast, Mushroom, Bread mould
(c) Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta
(d) Cuscuta, Lice, Tapeworm

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(b) Yeast, Mushroom, Bread mould
Fungi (yeast, mushroom, bread mould) are saprophytes. They obtain their food by breaking it outside the body and then absorbing it.

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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

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

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.

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. Match the pairs.

Group 'A'		Group 'B'
(1)	Parasitic plant	(a)	Mushroom
(2)	Insectivorous plant	(b)	Lichen
(3)	Saprophytic plant	(c)	Drosera
(4)	Symbiotic plant	(d)	Cuscuta

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In which of the following groups of organisms the food material is broken down outside the body and then absorbed? (a) Mushroom, Green plants, Amoeba (b) Yeast, Mushroom, Bread mould (c) Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta (d) Cuscuta, Lice, Tapeworm

(b) Yeast, Mushroom, Bread mouldFungi (yeast, mushroom, bread mould) are saprophytes. They obtain their food by breaking it outside the body and then absorbing it.

In which of the following groups of organisms the food material is broken down outside the body and then absorbed?
(a) Mushroom, Green plants, Amoeba
(b) Yeast, Mushroom, Bread mould
(c) Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta
(d) Cuscuta, Lice, Tapeworm

(b) Yeast, Mushroom, Bread mould
Fungi (yeast, mushroom, bread mould) are saprophytes. They obtain their food by breaking it outside the body and then absorbing it.