Question

Name the type of nutrition found in the following organism:

Pitcher plant

Answer 1

1. The type of nutrition found in pitcher plant is a partial heterotrophic mode of nutrition.

2. Animals/organisms take in readymade food prepared by the plants. This type of nutrition is known as heterotrophic nutrition.

3. Plant prepares their own food through the process of photosynthesis. This type of nutrition is known as autotrophic nutrition.

4. Pitcher plant can prepare its own food by the process of photosynthesis but it grows in nitrogen-deficient soil that's why it feeds on insects to meet its nitrogenous requirement.