Unlike Algae, Euglena

do not have pigments.

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can be heterotrophic.

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can move from place to place

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can synthesise own food

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Solution

The correct option is B can be heterotrophic.

Algae has autotrophic mode of nutrition but Euglena shows both mode of nutrition. i.e autotrophic as well as heterotrophic.
In the presence of light, Euglena can synthsise its own food as it has chloroplast. In heterotrophic mode, it surrounds the prey through a method called phagocytosis and absorbs it.

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Question 3
Select the correct statement.

(a) Heterotrophs do not synthesise their own food.
(b) Heterotrophs utilise solar energy for photosynthesis.
(c) Heterotrophs synthesise their own food.
(d) Heterotrophs are capable of converting carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates.

Deep in the ocean, sunlight can hardly reach, yet there are plants such as brown and red algae found here. How they are able to synthesise their own food?

Euglena could be autotrophic or heterotrophic.

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Q. Heterotrophs can make their own food.

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