The correct order of steps occurring in nutrition in animals is :

Ingestion -Digestion -Assimilation -Absorption -Egestion

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The correct option is C Ingestion -Digestion -Absorption -Assimilation -Egestion
There are ive steps in the process of nutrition in Amoeba:
(i) Ingestion: It is the process of taking in food.
(ii) Digestion: The process of breaking complex food substances into simple molecules.
(iii) Absorption: It is the process of absorption of digested food. (iv)Assimilation: It is the process of utilization of digested food; for energy, growth and repair.
(v) Egestion: It is the process of throwing out faecal matter out of the body

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The correct order of steps occurring in nutrition in animals is :

(a)Ingestion $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Egestion
(b)Ingestion $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Egestion

(c)Ingestion $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Egestion
(d) Ingestion $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Egestion

Q. The correct order of steps occurring in nutrition in animals is:
(a) Ingestion → Absorption → Digestion → Assimilation → Egestion
(b) Ingestion → Digestion → Assimilation → Absorption → Egestion
(c) Ingestion → Digestion → Absorption → Assimilation → Egestion
(d) Ingestion → Assimilation → Digestion → Absorption → Egestion

Q. Arrange the following processes involved in the nutrition in animals in the correct order (in which they take place):
Assimilation, Egestion, Ingestion, Absorption, Digestion

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(b) Classify the following into herbivores, carnivores and omnivores :
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(c) Name the five steps which occur in the process of nutrition in animals.

Q. (c) Name the five steps which occur in the process of nutrition in animals.

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