Home » Advanced Botany » The Living World » Question
  1. Organisms which obtain energy by the oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds are called
    1. photoautotrophs
    2. chemoautotrophs
    3. saprozoic
    4. coproheterotrophs
Correct Option: B

The organisms obtaining energy by chemical reactions independent of light are called chemotrophs. When the reductants obtained from the environment in are inorganic form then organisms are called chemoautotrophs. If they are organic, then the organisms are chemoheterotrophs. Photoautotrophs make their food by photosynthesis using energy from the sun. Saprozoic organisms obtain food from dead and decaying matter.



Your comments will be displayed only after manual approval.