Consider the following statements :1. Some organisms live together an...
Explanation:
Symbiosis:
- Symbiosis is a close and often long-term interaction between different species in an ecosystem.
- Some organisms live together and share both shelter and nutrients. This relationship is called symbiosis.
- Symbiotic relationships can be mutualistic (both species benefit), commensalistic (one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed), or parasitic (one species benefits and the other is harmed).
- Examples of symbiotic relationships include lichens (a mutualistic relationship between fungi and algae), clownfish and sea anemones (a mutualistic relationship where the clownfish receives protection from predators and the anemone receives food scraps), and cattle and cattle egrets (a commensalistic relationship where the egret eats insects that are disturbed by the cattle).
Saprotrophic Nutrition:
- Saprotrophic nutrition is a type of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter.
- The organisms that perform saprotrophic nutrition are called saprotrophs or decomposers.
- Saprotrophic nutrition is an important process in the recycling of nutrients in ecosystems.
- Examples of saprotrophs include fungi, bacteria, and some protists.
Conclusion:
Both statements are true. The first statement describes symbiosis, a relationship between different species in an ecosystem. The second statement describes saprotrophic nutrition, a type of nutrition where organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter.
Consider the following statements :1. Some organisms live together an...
- Some organisms live together and share both shelter and nutrients. This relationship is called symbiosis. For example, certain fungi live inside the roots of plants.
- The plants provide nutrients to the fungus and, in return, the fungus provides water and certain nutrients.
- For example: lichens. The mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter is called saprotrophic nutrition. Such organisms with saprotrophic mode of nutrition are called saprotrophs.
- For example fungi, that grow on pickles, leather, clothes and other articles that had been left out in hot and humid weather for a long time, is a saprotroph. Note that during the rainy season such fungal growth may spoil a lot of household things.