Multiple choice

Which of these modes of nutrition is absent in protists?

  1. Photosynthetic

  2. Chemosynthetic

  3. Parasitic

  4. Saprophytic
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The members of this kingdom show a diverse mode of nutrition. They may be autotrophic or heterotrophic. Heterotrophic forms may be holozoic or parasitic or saprophytic or even mixotrophic (obtaining nourishment by more than one method), but not chemosynthetic.

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