Chapter 6 The modes of nutrition

Type in the words (in small letter only) which are the best described by the statements below.

1. the mode of nutrition in which an organism make its own nutrients from simple inorganic substances

2. an animal that feeds only on animals

3. an organism which decomposes organic matter and causes decay of dead organisms

4. an animal that feeds on plants only

5. the mode of nutrition in which an organism has to obtain organic food from other organisms or dead organic matter because it cannot make its own nutrients

6. a mode of heterotrophic nutrition in which an organism takes in solid organic food by feeding on other organisms

7. the substances which an organism needs in order to carry out the function of life and to stay healthy

8. an animal that feeds on both plants and animals

9. an organism which obtains organic compounds from the body of another living organism (host)

10. a relationship between two organisms living together in which one benefits from the other (host) whilst the host is harmed

11. a mode of heterotrophic nutrition in which an organism feeds on dead organisms or non-living organic matter

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