Question

What is holozoic and holophytic nutrition?

Answer 1

Holozoic nutrition:

1. It is heterotrophic nutrition where an organism consumes solid food that goes through processes such as ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation, and ejection.
2. This type of nutrition is mainly seen in humans and other higher forms of animals.

Holophytic nutrition:

1. It is the mode of nutrition in which the organism manufactures its own food with solar energy and inorganic carbon act as the source of energy.
2. It is mainly found in plants, known as autotrophs.