12)Saprophytes

In slime moulds :- (a) The main body is wall less (b) True wall is found around spores (c) Spores are dispersed by water (d) Saprophytes are not common

There are certain limitations of ecological pyramids correct option :- (A) It assumes a simple food chain (B) Saprophytes are not given any place in ecological pyramids. (C) It does not take into account the same species belonging to two or more trophic levels

Go through the following Statements (i) A trophic level represents one species (ii) Pyramid of energy can never be inverted (iii) Ecological pyramids hold true only for simply food chains (iv) Saprophytes are included in the lower most bar in an energy pyramid Choose the best options regarding them

Slime moulds are mainly saprophytic. Saprophytes get their nutrition from a host.

Saprophytes belonging to angiosperms are known as

Monotropa is a (a) Saprophyte (b) Symbiont (c) Parasite (d) Insectivorous plant

Assertion: Monotropa grows in pine forests with the roots of pines. Reason: Saprophytes obtain their nutrition from dead organic matter.

Saprophyte is an organism that depends on dead plant or animal tissue for a source of nutrition and metabolic energy. Which ot the following is the most appropriate definition of a fungus?

The process in which organisms do not require light and pigment and synthesize their, food utilizing energy released by the oxidation of inorganic and organic substance is (a) Photoautotrophism (b) Heterotrophism (c) Chemosynthesis (d) Saprophytism

Match Column -1 with with Column - II. {:("Column-I",,"Column-II"),("(a) Saprophyte",,"(i) Symbiotic association of fungi with plant roots"),("(b) Parasite",,"(ii) Decomposition of dead organic meterials"),("(c) Lichens",,"(iii) Living on living plants or animals"),("(d) Mycorrhiza",,"(iv) Symbiotic assiciation of algae and fungi"):} Choose the correct answer from the options given below: