EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Nutrients help break down food to give organisms energy. They are used in every process of an organism’s body. Some of the processes are growth (building cells), repair (healing a wound), and maintaining life (breathing). Plants and other autotrophs absorb nutrients from soil and water.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The organisms need to take food to build their bodies, to grow, to repair damaged part of their bodies and to obtain the energy to carry out life processes. Food provide resistance to fight against diseases and protection from different infections.

Detailed explanation-3: -It provides energy to perform various physical activities performed by muscles. It helps with complete body growth. It helps to repair and replace damaged parts of the body. It protects us from infections and diseases.

Detailed explanation-4: -A heterotroph is an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients. The term stems from the Greek words hetero for “other” and trophe for “nourishment.” Organisms are characterized into two broad categories based upon how they obtain their energy and nutrients: autotrophs and heterotrophs.