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What name is given to those organisms :
Which depends on other organisms for food?

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**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Understanding the Question**: The question asks for the name given to organisms that depend on other organisms for food. 2. **Defining Key Terms**: - **Autotrophs**: These are organisms that can produce their own food through processes like photosynthesis. They do not depend on other organisms for nutrition. - **Heterotrophs**: These are organisms that cannot produce their own food and must rely on other organisms (plants or animals) for their nutrition. 3. **Identifying Examples**: - **Autotrophs**: Common examples include plants, which use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create their own food. - **Heterotrophs**: Examples include animals (like humans) and fungi, which obtain their food by consuming other organisms. 4. **Conclusion**: Based on the definitions and examples, the name given to organisms that depend on other organisms for food is **Heterotrophs**. ---
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LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR-NUTRITION IN PLANTS -EXERCISE
  1. Name a gas produced in photosynthesis?

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  2. What name is given to those organisms : Which can make their own foo...

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  3. What name is given to those organisms : Which depends on other organ...

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  4. Rhizobium bacteria and leguminous plant help each other in survival. W...

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  5. What name is given to the relationship between an alga and fungus in l...

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  6. Where does the synthesis of food in a plant usually takes place ?

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  7. Why are the leaves of a plant usually green ?

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  8. Name the green pigment present in the leaves of a plant

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  9. Name three plant nutrients commonly present in fertilisers and manures

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  10. Name the bacteria which converts nitrogen gas of air into nitrogen com...

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  11. Name type of plants have Rhizobium bacteria in their roots nodules ?

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  12. Name any two leguminous plants

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  13. Name one autotrophic plant and one heterotrophic plant.

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  14. Name the following: A parasitic plant with yellow, slender and tubul...

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  15. Name a plant which has both autotrophic as well as heterotrophic modes...

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  16. Name one plant in which photosynthesis occurs in plant part other than...

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  17. Name four foods made by plants which are an important part of our diet

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  18. The heterotrophic plants can be divided into two groups on the basis o...

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  19. Fill in the following blanks with suitable words : Fungi like …………....

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  20. Fill in the following blanks with suitable words : saprotrophs secr...

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