4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SYSTEM STATEMENT IS A CORRECT DISTINCTION BETWEEN AUTO

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4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SYSTEM STATEMENT IS A CORRECT DISTINCTION BETWEEN AUTOTROPHS AND HETEROPHS?

A. ONLY HETEROPHS REQUIRE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT,

B. CELLULAR RESPIRATION IS UNIQUE TO HETEROTROPHS

C. ONLY HETEROTROPHS HAVE MITOCHONDRIA.

D. ONLY AUTOTROPHS CAN LIVE ON NUTRIENTS THAT ARE ENTIRELY INORGANIC.

TWO SEPARATE QUETIONS

5. CELLS CAN HARVEST THE MOST CHEMICAL ENERGY FROM WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING

A. AN NADH MOLECULE

B. A GLUCOSE MOLECULE

C. SIX C02 MOLECULES

D. TWO PYRUVIC ACID MOLECULES

Explanation / Answer

4. Option D is the right answer. Autotrophs are the organisms which can survive on inorganic nutrients fir example carbon dioxide.

Autotrophs can produce their own food from the substance available in the surrounding in the presence of either light or chemical energy and can obtain food from inorganic sources whereas Heterotrophs are not able to synthesize their own food and address dependent on other organisms for nutrition and they get their reduced carbon from other organisms.

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