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What are in organic nutrients?
The primary site of nutrient digestion is the small intestine, but this also takes place to a lesser extent in the stomach and mouth. The small intestine is also where the majority of digested nutrients are absorbed.
Why do cells need to synthesize new organic components?
Anabolism: Four Basic Reasons 1. To carry out structural maintenance or repairs 2. To support growth 3. To produce secretions 4. To store nutrient reserves
Which organic molecule is digested into simple sugar?
lipids
Is salt an organic nutrient?
- Sodium chloride is not a nutrient - Sodium chloride is an inorganic compound
What organic molecules are chemically digested in the small intestine?
proteinslipidscarbohydrates
Why plants need nutrient?
To make organic compounds
What element makes a nutrient organic?
Hydrogen and carbon. Many other elements such as nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, etc. may be present, but are not necessary to define a chemical as being organic.
What requires energy from at least one organic nutrient?
heterothroph
Is vitamins an inorganic nutrient?
no, vitamins are essentially organic compounds
What is the role played by decomposers in the food nutrient cycle?
Decomposers break complex organic compound and help in recycling of nutrient materials .
What is the decaying organic substance that made organic substance that makes topsoil nutrient rich and is essential for plant growth?
Humus
Organic compounds, such as proteins and starches, are too A to diffuse into cells Proteins are digested into B and starches are digested into C?
Organic compounds, such as proteins and starches, are too large to diffues into cells. Proteins are digested into amino acids nd starches are digested into simple sugars
