Mode of Nutrition

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What is the term for all the elements and compounds taken into a living thing?

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Nutrients

Front

Which organism is an example of a parasite?

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Flea

Front

What type of organisms use chemicals to synthesize their own food?

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Chemoautotrophs

Front

What does autotrophic mean?

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Self-feed

Front

What do you call organisms that feed on decaying organic matter?

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Saprophytic organisms

Front

What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

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Photosynthesis

Front

What are organisms that cannot produce their own food and must consume other organisms?

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Heterotrophs

Front

What is the term for organisms that obtain nutrients from living hosts?

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Parasites

Front

What is the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs?

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Autotrophs produce their own food; heterotrophs consume other organisms.

Front

What are photoautotrophs?

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Organisms that use light energy to synthesize food.