Multiple choice

What are the organisms which derive nutrition from the dead and decaying matter called?

  1. Autotrophs

  2. Heterotrophs

  3. Parasites

  4. Symbiosis

  5. Saprophyte

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E Correct answer
Explanation

A saprophyte is an organism that lives on or in a non-living organic matter, secretes digestive enzymes into it and absorbs the products of digestion.