What is nutrition What are its types - Science - Nutrition in Plants

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What is nutrition?What are its types ?

Shubham Kumar · Accepted Answer

The mode of taking food and its
utilization by the body is known
as 
nutrition

Basically, there are two types
of nutrition-

I Autotrophic
Nutrition:-
The
mode of nutrition in which organisms manufacture their own food
using inorganic components like water and carbon dioxide as well as
sunlight as the source of energy is known as autotrophic mode of
nutrition For example- Green
plants

II Heterotrophic
Nutrition: - The mode of nutrition in which
the organism cannot make their own food, they are dependent on
plants and other animals for nutrition, it is known as
heterotrophic mode of nutrition For example-
animals

There are four types of
heterotrophic mode of
nutrition:

1 Holozoic mode of
nutrition:
The mode of nutrition in which
food is taken in solid/liquid form from outside and is digested
inside their body, this mode of nutrition is known as holozoic mode
of nutrition For example:
Humans

2 Parasitic mode of
nutrition: The mode of
nutrition where the organism
lives in or on the other organism and derive its food from the body
of the host is called parasitic mode of nutrition For
example: Cuscuta

3 Saprophytic mode of
nutrition: The mode of nutrition in which
the organism takes nutrients in solution from dead and decaying
matter is called saprophytic nutrition For example:
Mushrooms

4 Symbiotic mode of
nutrition: The mode of nutrition in which
organisms live in association with other plants or animals and
share their resources In this kind of relationship, both the
partners are benefitted by the relationship For example: Lichen- an
association between algae and
fungi