6 Questions
What is the parasitic nutritive strategy where organisms derive nutrition from plants or animals without killing them?
Parasitism
Give an example of an organism that breaks down food material outside the body and then absorbs it.
Fungi like bread moulds, yeast, and mushrooms
How do single-celled organisms take in food?
By the entire surface
What determines what can be taken in and broken down by an organism?
Body design and functioning
Give an example of an organism that has a specialised digestive system.
Lion
What are some examples of organisms that derive nutrition through a parasitic nutritive strategy?
Cuscuta, ticks, lice, leeches, tape-worms
Test your knowledge on the different forms of heterotrophic nutrition and how organisms adapt to their environment to obtain and use food material. Learn about the nutritive apparatus used by different animals and the strategies they employ to access food sources.
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