Question

Autotrophic nutrition does NOT occur in

(A) moss
(B) zooplankton
(C) tomato plants
(D) blue-green algae
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Answer 1

Answer:

(B) Zooplankton

Explanation:

Zooplankton are heterotropic plankton. They consume Phytoplankton which are autotrophic plankton.

Answer 2

Autotrophic mode of nutrition does not occur in zooplankton.

AUTOTROPHS:

• Autotrophic mode of nutrition is a specific type of nutrition in which certain organisms synthesize their own food, hence, do not depend on other organisms.

• Organisms that perform autotrophy are called AUTOTROPHS. They include green plants, algae, lower plants like mosses etc. The two types of autotrophy are photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.

• Zooplankton is an animal-like protist and hence cannot undergo autotrophic mode of nutrition.

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