Question : Study the diagrams A and B. Answer the questions that follow :(a)Identify the type of nutrition given in the figures A and B.(b)What mode of nutrition is shown in Fig. A ? Give another similar example from animal kingdom.(c)What mode of nutrition is shown in Fig. B ? State a reason why a deer will have a larger small intestine than the tiger.(d)From the above figures, find out an exception . Why is it so ?

Question : Study the diagrams A and B. Answer the questions that follo

1.	Question : Study the diagrams A and B. Answer the questions that follow :(a)Identify the type of nutrition given in the figures A and B.(b)What mode of nutrition is shown in Fig. A ? Give another similar example from animal kingdom.(c)What mode of nutrition is shown in Fig. B ? State a reason why a deer will have a larger small intestine than the tiger.(d)From the above figures, find out an exception . Why is it so ?
Answer» Solution :(a)The GIVEN figures depict heterotrophicmode of NUTRITION. (b)Fig. A show PARASITIC mode of nutrition. From animal world, leech, tapeworm, roundworm, ticks etc., are someof the organisms exhibiting this mode. (c)Fig. B SHOWS holozoic mode of nutrition. Tiger being a carniore, feeds upon animal fleshwhich is mainly proteinsand easier to digest, compared to whichbeingherbivores feeds upon plant material. PLANTS material being cellulose is difficultto digest. Hence, tiger has smaller small intestine compared with that of a deer. (d)Cuscuta is an exception. This is because,even though it is an angiosperm, it is non-photosynthetic and parasitic.