Question

Explain parasitic mode of nutrition with suitable examples.

Answer 1

Parasitic Nutrition -

• Parasites are the organisms having parasitic nutrition.

• The organisms live either on or inside the body of another organisms to gain their nutrition without killing them.

• lice, leech, tapeworm, flatworm, ticks are the examples of parasites.

• Plants like Cuscuta and yellow rattle are the examples parasites.

Additional information -

Heterotrophic nutrition -

• It occurs in fungi, animals, amoeba and plants such as Cuscuta (amarbel).

• Digestion occurs in heterotrophs.

• They are also known as consumers in the food chain.

• Chlorophyll is absent in heterotrophs.

Types of heterotrohic nutrition

• Holozoic nutrition

Ex - Ameoba, cow, goat, human being etc.

• Saprotrophic nutrition

Ex - Yeast, bacteria, mushrooms and fungi etc.

• Parasitic nutrition

Ex - Lice, ticks, flatworms, leech and tapeworm etc.

Answer 2

Parasitic mode of nutrition is a type of heterotrophic nutrition in which the organism takes it's nutrition from a living organism,

by living either inside or outside the host body.

examples include bacteria and fungi

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