JAMB Biology 1980 Question 26

Question 26

Photosynthesis and Plant Nutrition

A green plant growing in a compost pit is feeding

  1. A.holozoically
  2. B.parasitically
  3. C.saprophytically
  4. D.holophytically
  5. E.in none of the above ways.
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Answer: D (holophytically)

Explanation

A green plant makes its own food by photosynthesis (holophytic nutrition), wherever it grows.