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A euglena can be both a producer and a consumer. Its red eye helps it detect light for photosynthesis. If no light, then it captures food. Hope i helped::)
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∙ 16y agoSome euglena depend on sunlight, carbon dioxide, and minerals from the water for nourishment. Others feed by absorbing dissolved substances, and some eat larger things such as other euglena by wrapping around and absorbing them.
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∙ 13y agoThe euglena is a protist, which already makes it pretty unique. The kingdom of Protista is called the "odds and ends kingdom" because it's just a kingdom for any eukaryote that isn't a fungus, plant, or animal. But other than that, the euglena is mostly a heterotroph, but when food is scarce, it can change into an autotroph. Also, for a unicellular organism, it's pretty complex. It even has an eyespot: not quite an eye, but it can sense changes in light and even detect some colors.
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∙ 11y agoA euglena obtains food by both photosynthesis and it can also ingest and decompose the remains of dead organisms. So it is both autotrophic and saprophytic
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∙ 12y agoEuglena obtain food by means of photosynthesis.
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They digest it the same way humans do.
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YES
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both must produce their own food in order to live.
Euglena mode of nutrition?
Euglena, as a genus of unicellular flagellate protists, have three methods of nutrition. The first is holozic, which is the ingestion of solid food. The second is saprophytic. This is the absorption of foods. The last is holophytic which uses chemical elements for foods.
What shows you that a eulena is a autotroph?
I assume that you mean Euglena and not eulena. In Euglena there is the presence of Chlorophyll in Chloroplasts (the chloroplasts give it the greenish color). Chloroplasts are basically the way that basically all autotrophs make food. The chloroplasts are filled with chlorophyll which is involved in photosynthesis. Therefore, since chloroplasts are found in autotrophs and Euglena has chloroplasts, it only makes sense that Euglena is an autotroph
Describe the two ways in which the euglena get their nutrients?
One way is some euglena depend on sunlight, carbon dioxide, and minerals from the water. The second way is that some euglena feed on absorbing substances.
The way a sponge obtains food is similar to which of the following?
They are filter feeders. They filter water through they're pores and extract the particles from the water.
How do moss obtain energy?
Moss obtains its energy through photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the way moss uses its energy to make food particles.
Why is the eyespot an important structure in the euglena?
The eye spot is so important because it is the only way the eugleniod (euglena) can "see" because it senses light.
What is the whip like extension on Euglena?
The flagellum whips back and forth and propels the Euglena. Imagine the flagellum to be something like a flag and it just keeps waving allowing the organism to move. Or, you can also imagine the way butterfly stroke is performed in swimming. The flagellum moves in that way and propels the Euglena.
Which term refers to the particular way an organism obtains energy?
Ecological niceh
What term refers to the particular way an organism obtains energy?
Ecological Niche
