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A facultative saprophyte is an organism that generally obtains nourishment from the living matter, but can obtain nourishment even from dead organic matter.

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Important Questions on Nutrition

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How does the Pitcher plant catch its prey? 
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Rewrite the following statement correctly.

The brightly coloured insectivores can produce their own food.

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Cuscuta is a 
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What do you understand by parasitic plants? Why are some plants called parasites? What do you understand by a host?
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Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:

Insectivorous plants are attractively _____(sound/coloured/sweet) to attract insects. 

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Two wing-like lobes of the leaf catch the insects in the _____.
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Organisms that feed on dead and decaying organic matter are called_____.
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Fungi grow best in cold and dry conditions.

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Give an example of a parasitic plant.

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Lobed leaves of Venus fly-trap plant have _____ (poison/digestive juice) in them.

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Organisms that depend on plants, directly or indirectly, to obtain food are _____.
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Which of the following statements is not correct?
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Insectivorous plants cannot make their own food.
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What is the mode of nutrition in non-green plants? (Heterotrophic/Autotrophic)
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Which of the following is an insectivorous plant? 
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Insectivorous plants eat insects, although they are capable of preparing their own food. Why?
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Moulds can make their own food through photosynthesis.
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Match the following:

                  Column A                    Column B
1.Cuscuta (Amarbel) a. saprotrophs
2. Animals b. parasitic plant
3. Pitcher plant c. heterotrophs
4. Fungi d. insectivorous plant
5. Lichen e. symbiotic relationship
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Name three insectivorous plants.
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Absorption and assimilation are similar processes.