NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

NUTRITION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fungi are ____, which means they cannot make their own food.
A
Autotrophs
B
Heterotrophs
C
Carnivores
D
Omnivores
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Fungi are heterotrophs meaning they cannot make their own food and must obtain nutrients from organic material.

Detailed explanation-2: -A heterotroph is an organism that lacks the ability to chemically create its own nutrition from inorganic molecules. Heterotrophs rely on other types of life to meet their organic food requisites due to this limitation. Heterotrophs include bacteria, fungi, yeast, cows, dogs, bats, birds, insects, humans etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -Due to the absence of chlorophyll, fungi are unable to make their food by photosynthesis. They feed on the dead and decaying remains of other organisms.

Detailed explanation-4: -All fungi are heterotrophic, which means that they get the energy they need to live from other organisms. Like animals, fungi extract the energy stored in the bonds of organic compounds such as sugar and protein from living or dead organisms.

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