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What must a substance provide in order to be considered food?
To be considered food, a substance must provide nourishment, such as energy, essential nutrients, and sustenance to support life functions and promote growth and health in an organism. Food should be safe for consumption and be able to be metabolized by the body to fulfill its nutritional requirements.
What is the process by which an organism obtains food is called?
The process by which an organism obtains food is called feeding or nutrition. It involves the ingestion, digestion, absorption, and assimilation of nutrients from the food source to meet the organism's energy and growth requirements.
What is external digestion?
External digestion is a process used by some organisms such as fungi and spiders to break down food outside of their bodies. In this process, enzymes are secreted onto the food substance to break it down into smaller molecules that can be absorbed by the organism. This allows the organism to extract nutrients from the food source without ingesting it.
What is an organism called that lives in or on another organism for the purpose of obtaining food?
A parasite is an organisms that lives in or on another organism to obtain food directly.
What is a organism that eats other other organisms for food?
A consumer. Carnivores and herbivores alike.
What helps an organism live?
to help an organism live you need nutrients, like any types of food, depending on the organism.
What must a substance provide in order to be considered food?
To be considered food, a substance must provide nourishment, such as energy, essential nutrients, and sustenance to support life functions and promote growth and health in an organism. Food should be safe for consumption and be able to be metabolized by the body to fulfill its nutritional requirements.
What organisms in the food chain is responsible for recycling nutrients?
The organism that produces food in the food chain for other organisms is the producer. The producer is usually a green plant that is eaten by an omnivore or a herbivore. And the food chain continues
What do organism use nutrients from food for?
To make cells and build body parts
What is a organism that breaks down the nutrients of dead organisms or wastes for food?
A decomposer is an organism that breaks down the nutrients of dead organisms or wastes for food. Examples of decomposers include fungi, bacteria, and some types of insects. They play a crucial role in recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.
What happens to waste food in the large intestine?
What hasn't been processed by your stomach and metabolized by liver gets further drained until no nutrients can be further had.
What will happen if an organism's food source disappears?
If an organism's food source disappears, it will likely lead to starvation and eventually death for the organism. Without food, the organism will not be able to obtain the necessary energy and nutrients to survive. This can also disrupt the ecosystem if the organism plays a key role in the food chain.
Are drinks a food?
Alcohol is not metabolized into a form that can be used by the body for energy or other purposes, and is therefore not a food. Because, as a poison, it gets priority for clearance from the body, it can actually interfere with the absorption of nutrients.
What is the process by which an organism obtains food is called?
The process by which an organism obtains food is called feeding or nutrition. It involves the ingestion, digestion, absorption, and assimilation of nutrients from the food source to meet the organism's energy and growth requirements.
What is external digestion?
External digestion is a process used by some organisms such as fungi and spiders to break down food outside of their bodies. In this process, enzymes are secreted onto the food substance to break it down into smaller molecules that can be absorbed by the organism. This allows the organism to extract nutrients from the food source without ingesting it.
What is an organism called that lives in or on another organism for the purpose of obtaining food?
A parasite is an organisms that lives in or on another organism to obtain food directly.
The 7 major nutrients in your food and were there found?
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