EXTRA EXERCISE:

Type of Nutrition Question: Define each term below correctly:

Nutrition process by which organisms obtain energy and nutrients from food, for growth, maintenance and repair of damaged tissues. Nutrients the important substances which are required for nourishment of an organisms. Living organisms are divided into two groups (based on the nutritional habits): autotrophs and heterotrophs.

(i) Autotroph

Autotrophs organisms that are able to synthesise complex organic compounds from raw, simple inorganic substances (water and air) by using light or chemical energy. These organisms manufacture their own food by photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

Photoautotrophs chlorophyll containing organisms that utilise solar energy for building organic substance. Photoautotropic nutrition = holophytic nutrition. Chemoautotrophs organisms synthesise organic substances by utilising chemical energy. Example Trees Bacteria

Autotrophs Photoautotroph Chemoautotroph (ii) Heterotroph

Heterotrophs organisms that are not able to synthesise their own nutrients but they obtain the nutrients from other organisms. Holozoic nutrition organisms feed by ingesting solid organic matter that digested and absorbed into the bodies. Saprophytism organisms feed on dead and decaying organic matter. Parasitism organisms obtains nutrients (absorbs readily digested food) by living on / in the body of another living organisms (the host) Example Fungi Carnivores Venus traps and pitcher plants Lice and fleas

Heterotrophs Saprophyte Holozoic nutrition Carnivorous plants (Holozoic nutrition) Parasites