Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Author: Marielle Hoefnagels
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Higher Education (us)
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Chapter 18.2, Problem 1MC
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To determine:
The mode of nutrition used by algae.
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All the organisms do not obtain their food in the same way. Modes of nutrition mean method of producing food or obtaining food by an organism. Different organisms have different methods of procuring food or obtaining food and differ in mode of nutrition. Mode of nutrition could be autotrophic or heterotrophic for an organism.
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Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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