Per NCERT, what is HETEROTROPHIC nutrition?
APhotosynthesis only
BDirect absorption of sunlight
CSynthesising food from CO₂ and water
DNutrition where organisms depend on complex organic substances prepared by other organisms — using enzymes to break them down (e.g. animals, fungi)
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Nutrition where organisms depend on complex organic substances prepared by other organisms — using enzymes to break them down (e.g. animals, fungi)
Per NCERT §5.2.2, heterotrophic nutrition = depending on other organisms' food. Autotrophs synthesise their own.
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