Question

State one difference between the holozoic nutrition and saprozoic nutrition

Answer 1

1. Holozoic nutrition is the process of nutrition that takes place in organisms that take solid or liquid food inside their body. This process is done in five steps, Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Assimilation, and Egestion.
2. Saprozoic nutrition is the process of the absorption of simple organic molecules and dissolved salt from the environment in order to fulfill the organism’s nutritional needs.

Holozoic nutrition	Saprozoic nutrition
Holozoic nutrition is the process of nutrition that takes place in organisms that take solid or liquid food inside their body.	Saprozoic nutrition is the process of the absorption of simple organic molecules and dissolved salt from the environment in order to fulfill the organism’s nutritional needs.
2. They take up solid or liquid food.	2. They take up simple food.
3. They follow 5 steps for proper nutrition-Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Assimilation, and Egestion	3. They do not require steps for nutrition.
4. For examples- Animals and humans	4. For examples- Bacteria and fungi