BIOLOGY

JAMB 2017 - Question 6

Biology 2017 JAMB Past Questions - Question 6: The type of nutrition exhibited by sheep and man is

Choose the most appropriate option for the gap .
The type of nutrition exhibited by sheep and man is
A:
B:
C:
D:
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Correct Answer

D

Explanation

Holozoic nutrition is a mode of feeding which involves the taking in of solid food into the body of an organism which is followed by digestion. Sheep is herbivorous. Saprophytic nutrition is the feeding on dead organic matter (dead plants and animals) by non green plants(certain fungi and bacteria). parasitic nutrition is a type of feeding in which an organism (parasite)lives on or in another organism (host) and feeds on it. These organisms are usually of different species. Carnivorous feeding is the feeding of an animal (carnivore) on the flesh of another animal.