Question

Select all the correct answers.
Which two statements are true for fungi?

They can produce their own food because they have chlorophyll.
They often form symbiotic relationships with trees.
They digest food externally.
They can absorb nutrients from food, even though they lack digestive enzymes.

Answer 1

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$\green\star$Above picture is a labelled diagram of fungal cell.

$\green\star$Some facts about Fungi:

• Fungi is an Eukaryotic organism.
• Fungi comes under kingdom which are closer to animals and plants.
• Fungi can't do ingest, so it digest food externally.
• It grows in dead and decaying plants and absorbs the nutrients from the dead plants in which they grow.
• They absorb food due to their lack of digestive enzymes.
• Fungi is kind of simpler organism.

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They can produce their own food because they have chlorophyll. (False)

Reason:- Chlorophyll is present in plant cells, not in simpler organisms like fungi.

They often form symbiotic relationships with trees. (True)

Reason:- Obviously, they have symbiotic relationship with plants.

They digest food externally. (True)

Reason:- They can't ingest food, so they digest food externally.

They can absorb nutrients from food, even though they lack digestive enzymes.(True)

Reason:- Since, they don't have digestive enzymes. So, they absorb nutrients from the food.

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