Question

Moss grows on rotting woods and obtains its nutrition from those woods. What is the mode of
nutrition of moss? Pick the correct option with reason.
(A) Parasitic, as they derive their nutrition from rotten woods which act as hosts
(B) Parasitic, as the wood decays in the process of nutrition of moss
(C) Saprotrophic, as they directly absoro nutrients from the decayed wood
(D) Saprotrophic, as they absorb raw material from the wood and make their own food

Answer 1

Answer:

mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta. They are small (a few centimeters tall) herbaceous (non-woody) plants that absorb water and nutrients mainly through their leaves and harvest carbon dioxide and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis.