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The substances that organisms obtain from the food they consume are: nutrients, proteins, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates (sugar starches), fats, hydration, and calories (energy).
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What is the substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life?
Nutrient
What organism directly or indirectly provides food for the majority of organism?
Algae
Is photosynthesis an organism?
Photosynthesis is not a organism. It is a process on plants. It provides energy for us.
The place where an organism lives and provides the things the organism needs is called?
a community.
What is the organism that obtains nourishment through the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds as opposed to photosynthesis called?
These organisms are called heterotrophs.
What is the substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life?
Nutrient
What is the Special substance present in food that provides nourishment to our body is called?
Nutrients.
What are unnecessary nutrients?
There is no such thing as an unnecessary nutrient. The word nutrient is a substance that provides the body nourishment. Without nourishment, the body wont grow or perform the way it's suppose to.
What does substratum mean?
A substance or layer that underlies something, or on which some process occurs, in particular.The surface or material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment.
What provides nourishment for the baby in the Womb?
The organ that provides the nourishment is the placenta but the umbilical cord transports the nutrients to the fetus.
How does the embryo get nourishment after the first few days of implantation?
The yolk sac turns into the placenta which provides the nourishment
What is the term nutrient and what are the main groups of nutrients?
A nutrient is a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life. The main groups are carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and water.
Provides protection and nourishment for the developing plant embryo?
The cotyledon (or cotyledons)
What is the definition of non nutrient?
A substance that provides nourishment for growth or metabolism. Plants absorb nutrients mainly from the soil in the form of minerals and other inorganic compounds, and animals obtain nutrients from ingested foods.
What substance provides humans with their main source of energy?
Carbohydrates are the nutrients that provides the first source of energy for humans. Nutrients are the nutritious components in foods that an organism utilizes to survive and grow.
Study of organisms which derive nourishment and protection from other living organisms?
Parasitology is the study of parasites, which are organisms which obtain nourishment and protection from other living organisms. Parasitology is closely related to cell biology, biochemistry, and ecology.
Host?
Host: an organism that harbors another organism (parasite) inside or near its own body, typically providing nourishment and shelter for the parasite
