Quiz on Animal Nutrition

What type of nutrition is carried out by all animals and certain plants that lack chlorophyll?

• Autotrophic Nutrition

• Heterotrophic Nutrition

• Chemosynthetic Nutrition

• Photosynthetic Nutrition

What are organisms that practice heterotrophic nutrition called?

• Decomposers

• Producers

• Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs

Which type of heterotrophic nutrition involves obtaining food as solid organic material?

• Saprobiotic Nutrition

• Holozoic Nutrition

• Parasitic Nutrition

• Symbiotic Nutrition

What type of animals are herbivores?

• Animals that feed on decaying matter

• Animals that feed on both plants and animals

• Animals that feed on flesh only

• Animals that feed on plants only

What is the term for carnivores that hunt living animals for food?

• Predators

• Parasites

• Scavengers

• Herbivores

Which type of nutrition involves organisms feeding on dead-decaying organic matter?

• Saprohyptic Nutrition

• Parasitic Nutrition

• Holozoic Nutrition

• Symbiotic Nutrition

What is the relationship called when two organisms benefit from each other?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Commensalism

In parasitic nutrition, what is the organism that suffers harm called?

• Host

• Symbiont

• Scavenger

• Parasite

Which of the following is an example of an ectoparasite?

• Tapeworm

• Liver fluke

• Tick

• Ascaris

What type of plants supplement their nutrients by trapping insects?

• Perennial Plants

• Carnivorous Plants

• Herbaceous Plants

• Deciduous Plants