Question

What are the characteristics of heterotrophic nutrition?

• A. Heterotrophic organisms have chlorophyll.
• B. Heterotrophic organisms are able to build up their own organic food from raw materials.
• C. Heterotrophic organisms cannot make their own food.
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C Heterotrophic organisms cannot make their own food.

Answer is option C i.e. "Organisms can not make their own food"
Heterotrophic organisms depend on autotrophs (plants) for their food supply. Heterotrophic organisms cannot make their own food and obtain food directly from plants or from plant-eating animals. Fungi are another class of heterotrophs, which derive their nutrition from dead and decaying organic matter or from living plant and animals. Such organisms are called saprotrophs and parasites respectively.