NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
NUTRITION
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Question
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Autotrophic nutrition maybe defined in terms of food obtained ____
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from other organisms in exchange for some products
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by the breakdown of complex substances
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by an organism utilizing its own store of energy
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by synthesizing simple substances using energy from an external source
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Most autotrophs use a process called photosynthesis to make their food. In photosynthesis, autotrophs use energy from the sun to convert water from the soil and carbon dioxide from the air into a nutrient called glucose. Glucose is a type of sugar. The glucose gives plants energy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The mode of nutrition in which organisms make food themselves from simple substances is called autotrophic (auto = self; trophos = nourishment) nutrition. Plants can prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis and hence are autotrophs.
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