AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -True. If the organisms get their nutrition from dead or decaying matter, then such type of nutrition is called saprophytic nutrition. Few examples are: fungi, which feed on dead and decaying plants and animals, bacteria feeding on dead matter.

Detailed explanation-2: -saprotroph, also called saprophyte or saprobe, organism that feeds on nonliving organic matter known as detritus at a microscopic level.

Detailed explanation-3: -Saprophytes are living organisms that feed on the dead and decaying organisms. They break down complex organic matter into simpler substances that plants can use for a variety of metabolic activities. Saprophytes include fungi and a few bacteria.

Detailed explanation-4: -Saprophytes are organisms that get their nutrition from dead organic matter, including fallen wood, dead leaves or dead animal bodies. Saprophytes do not usually hurt living organisms. The reason saprophytes are so beneficial to the environment is that they are the primary recyclers of nutrients.

Detailed explanation-5: -Saprophytes undergo extracellular digestion to digest the dead and decaying matter. They secrete digestive substances into the surrounding environment and break down the organic matter into simpler substances. The nutrients thus produced are absorbed directly through the cell membranes of the organisms.