How do non-green plants such as fungi and bacteria obtain their nouris

1.	How do non-green plants such as fungi and bacteria obtain their nourishment?
Answer» 1. Bacteria and fungi are non-green plants. So they cannot prepare their own food materials. 2. They are saprophytes which feed on dead and decaying plant and animal bodies. 3. The fungi and bacteria breakdown the complex organic molecules present in dead and decaying matter by releasing chemical substances into simple substances outside the body. 4. These simpler substances are then absorbed by fungi and bacteria as their food.

How do non-green plants such as fungi and bacteria obtain their nourishment?

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1. Bacteria and fungi are non-green plants. So they cannot prepare their own food materials.

2. They are saprophytes which feed on dead and decaying plant and animal bodies.

3. The fungi and bacteria breakdown the complex organic molecules present in dead and decaying matter by releasing chemical substances into simple substances outside the body.

4. These simpler substances are then absorbed by fungi and bacteria as their food.

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