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General Biology 2
Module 12.2
Nutrition of Plants and Animals

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General Biology 2
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Module 12.2: Nutrition of Plants and Animals
First Edition, 2020

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General Biology 2
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Nutrition of Plants and Animals

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What I Need to Know

Plants and Animals reproduce, develop and find foods to sustain those processes
involve but what is the difference between plants and animals in terms of nutrition?
This module will lead you to understand the following processes in plants and
animals in terms of nutrition.

Most Essential Learning Competencies

 Compare and contrast the following processes in plants and animals:

nutrition (STEM_BIO11/12-IVa-h-1).

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Compare and contrast nutrition of plants and animals;

2. Make a diagram on the difference between plants and animals in terms of
nutrition; and
3. Value the importance of nutrition of plants and animals.

What I Know

Directions: Select the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.

1. What is the process of providing or obtaining food necessary for health,

survival and growth of an organisms?
A. Circulation
B. Development
C. Nutrition
D. Reproduction
2. What organisms directly use the energy from the sun and other inorganic
substances such as carbon dioxide and water to form organic food?
A. Chemoautotrophic
B. Holozoic
C. Photoautotrophic
D. Saprotrophic
3. What type of nutrition where organisms obtain their nutrients from dead
organic matter?
A. Holozoic
B. Omnivorous
C. Parasitic
D. Saprophytic

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4. Which organisms take food from another organism?

A. Holozoic
B. Omnivorous
C. Parasitic
D. Saprophytic
5. What organisms take only plants as source of their energy?
A. Carnivorous
B. Herbivorous
C. Holozoic
D. Omnivorous
6. Which of the following organisms is an example of ectoparasitism?
A. Earthworm
B. Hookworm
C. Lice
D. Roundworm
7. Which organism is classified as Holozoic?
A. Bacteria
B. Cow
C. Fungi
D. Sunflower
8. Which heterotrophic organism is considered as Omnivorous?
A. Hen
B. Lion
C. Shark
D. Sheep
9. Which of the following organisms is a parasite?
A. Dog
B. Human
C. Protist
D. Roundworm
10. All of the following is the mode of nutrition of a Heterotrophic, EXCEPT
A. Ingest solid or liquid food
B. Takes food from another organism
C. Secrete digestive juices from dead organic matter
D. Use chemicals to create simpler organic substances
11. Which is TRUE about Endoparasitism?
A. Host is the organism that takes food
B. Parasite lives inside the body of the host
C. Parasite lives outside the body of the host
D. Parasite is organism where the food is taken
12. Which is NOT considered as Holozoic?
A. Eats other animals
B. Takes only plant as their food
C. Synthesized inorganic substances
D. Takes both plants and animals as their food

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13. All of the following is classified as Autotrophic, EXCEPT

A. Obtain their energy by digesting organic matter
B. Organisms directly use the energy from the sun
C. Use chemicals to create simpler organic substances
D. Utilize inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide and water
14. Is it true that (I) organism take in, digest and uses different substances
obtained from food sources and (II) these substances, called nutrients,
provide energy for the organism?
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
15. Is it true that (I) Heterotrophic organisms can be classified as self feeder
while (II) Autotrophic organisms depend on other organisms?
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II

Lesson
NUTRITION OF PLANTS AND
ANIMALS
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What’s In

From your previous topic about the Development of Plants and Animals. How
do plants and animals differ in terms of their development? How do they develop?
Let’s connect to the next topic but before that try to rearrange the rumbled letters to
give you a clue on the lesson to be discussed. The rumbled letters are R N T N I U O
T I . How do Plants and Animals differ?

What’s New

Directions: Listed in the following table are different organisms. Identify their mode
of nutrition by checking the appropriate boxes. Then answer the questions
that follow. Write your answer on your activity notebook.

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Autotrophic Heterotrophic
Photo- Chemo- Holozoic
Species Saprophy Parasit
autotrop autotrop Herbivo Carnivo Omnivo
tic ic
hic hic re re re
Gumam
ela
Tick
Lion
Bread
mold
Euglena
Ascaris
Bear
Cow
Questions:
1. Which of the organism(s) listed is/are considered as a plant?
2. Which of the organism(s) listed is/are not considered as a plant or an
animal?
3. What is the difference between autotrophic and heterotrophic type of
nutrition?

What is It

Directions: Answer the following problems. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
1. What is the difference on the modes of nutrition of plants and animals?
2. What are the classifications of heterotrophic mode of nutrition?

Nutrition of Plants and Animals

Nutrition
All organisms need energy to perform various life processes. Energy is
necessary because it allows organisms to move, respire, and digest, to name a few
body processes. Nutrition is the process of providing or obtaining food necessary for
health, survival, and growth of an organism. In this process, an organism takes in,
digests, and uses the different substances obtained from various food sources. These
substances, called nutrients, provide energy for the organism’s metabolic processes
such as growth, maintenance, reproduction, and even immunity.
Modes of Nutrition
Organisms have different modes of nutrition. Thus, they can be classified
based on how they obtain food.
1. Autotrophic- Autotrophic organisms can manufacture their own nutrients by
synthesizing inorganic materials. Depending on the energy source, autotrophs are of
two types.

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a. Photoautotrophic - Photoautotrophic organisms directly use the energy

from the sun and other inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide and water to
form organic food. Organisms that have this type of nutrition are called
photoautotrophs. Examples of photoautotrophs are plants and some forms of bacteria
and protists.

Figure 7. Plants are the most common examples of photoautotrophs.

b. Chemoautotrophic - Chemoautotrophic organisms use chemicals to create
simpler organic substances important for their survival. Such organisms are called
chemoautotrophs. Most bacteria and members of the group Archaea that live in
extreme environments such as volcanoes and deep-sea vents are classified in this
group. Common inorganic substances synthesized by the chemoautotrophs include
hydrogen sulphide, sulfur, and ammonia.

Figure 8. Chemoautotrophs can be found in hydrothermal vents.

2. Heterotrophic - Heterotrophic organisms, which are called heterotrophs, cannot
make their own food, and thus obtain their energy by digesting organic matter.
Heterotrophs include all animals, fungi, and some bacteria. The heterotrophic mode
of nutrition can be classified into saprophytic, parasitic, and holozoic nutrition.
a. Saprophytic or saprotrophic- In this type of nutrition, organisms obtain
their nutrients from dead organic matter. These organisms secrete digestive juices to
the surroundings, which will be later absorbed through their body surface. Such
organisms are called saprophytes, and they include fungi and bacteria.

Figure 9. Saprotrophic fungi

b. Parasitic- In this type of nutrition, an organism takes food from another
organism. Parasitic nutrition is exhibited by some plants and animals. The organism

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that takes food is called a parasite, and the organism from where the food is taken
is called the host. The parasite can be either outside or inside the host.
 Ectoparasitism- This type of parasitism happens when the parasite
is outside the body of the host. Some examples are fleas in dogs and
head lice in humans.

Figure 10. Fleas in Dogs

 Endoparasitism- This type of parasitism involves parasites that live
inside the body of the host. Some endoparasites include roundworms
and hookworms. Both worms negatively affect the health of humans.

Figure 11. Ascaris lumbricoides, a roundworm.

c. Holozoic- In this mode of nutrition, organisms ingest solid or liquid food.
The food is then digested and absorbed by the body. This type of nutrition is
subdivided based on the type of organic matter ingested.
 Herbivorous- Organisms that take in only plants as source of their
energy are classified as herbivores. Sheep, rabbits, and cows are
examples of herbivorous animals.

Figure 12. Examples of herbivorous animals.

 Carnivorous- Organisms that eat other animals are called

carnivores. Lions, tigers, and sharks are examples of carnivorous
animals.

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Figure 13. Lion, a carnivore

 Omnivorous- Organisms that take both plants and animals are

called omnivores. Pigs, hens, and bears are examples of omnivorous
animals.

Figure 14. Examples of omnivores.

What’s More

Directions: Column A is the definition of term in the Column B. Select the word/s
from the Column B that best describes its definition from the Column A. Write
the letter of your answer on your activity notebook.
Column A Column B
1. obtain nutrients from dead matters a. Photoautotrophic
2. ingest solid or liquid food b. Saprotrophic
3. use chemicals to create organic substances c. Holozoic
4. use carbon dioxide and water to form organic food d. Parasitic
5. takes food from other organisms e. Chemoautotrophic
f. Omnivores
g. Herbivores

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What I Have Learned

Directions: Answer the question below. Write your answer on your activity notebook.
Question:
1. How do plants and animals obtain nutrients?
2. Create a graphic organizer to show the type of nutrition you exhibit.

What I Can Do

Directions: Answer the question below. Do it in your activity notebook.

1. What are the advantages of the different ways plants and animals get nutrients?

Assessment

Directions: Select the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.

1. Which of the following organisms is an example of ectoparasitism?

A. Earthworm
B. Hookworm
C. Lice
D. Roundworm
2. Which organisms take food from another organism?
A. Holozoic
B. Omnivorous
C. Parasitic
D. Saprophytic
3. Which of the following organisms is a parasite?
A. Dog
B. Human
C. Protist
D. Roundworm

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4. What organisms directly use the energy from the sun and other inorganic
substances such as carbon dioxide and water to form organic food?
A. Chemoautotrophic
B. Holozoic
C. Photoautotrophic
D. Saprotrophic
5. Which heterotrophic organism is considered as Omnivorous?
A. Hen
B. Lion
C. Shark
D. Sheep
6. What type of nutrition where organisms obtain their nutrients from dead
organic matter?
A. Holozoic
B. Omnivorous
C. Parasitic
D. Saprophytic
7. Which organism is classified as Holozoic?
A. Bacteria
B. Cow
C. Fungi
D. Sunflower
8. What organisms take only plants as source of their energy?
A. Carnivorous
B. Herbivorous
C. Holozoic
D. Omnivorous
9. What is the process of providing or obtaining food necessary for health,
survival and growth of an organisms?
A. Circulation
B. Development
C. Nutrition
D. Reproduction
10. Which is NOT included as the mode of nutrition of a Heterotrophic?
A. Ingest solid or liquid food
B. Takes food from another organism
C. Secrete digestive juices from dead organic matter
D. Use chemicals to create simpler organic substances
11. Which is TRUE about Endoparasitism?
A. host is the organism that takes food
B. parasite lives inside the body of the host
C. parasite lives outside the body of the host
D. parasite is organism where the food is taken

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12. All of the following is considered as Holozoic, EXCEPT

A. Eats other animals
B. Takes only plant as their food
C. Synthesized inorganic substances
D. Takes both plants and animals as their food
13. Which of the following is NOT classified as Autotrophic?
A. Obtain their energy by digesting organic matter
B. Organisms directly use the energy from the sun
C. Use chemicals to create simpler organic substances
D. Utilize inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide and water
14. Is it true that (I) Heterotrophic organisms can be classified as self feeder
while (II) Autotrophic organisms depend on other organisms?
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
15. Is it true that (I) organism take in, digest and uses different substances
obtained from food sources and (II) these substances, called nutrients,
provide energy for the organism?
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II

Additional Activities

Directions: List down 10 organisms and classify them based on the different modes
of nutrition.

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What’s New
Lesson 3
Species
Gumamela- Photoautotrophic
Tick- Parasitic
Lion- Carnivore
Bread Mold- Saprophytic
Euglena-Photoautotrophic
Ascaris-Parasitic
Bear-Omnivore
What’s More Cow-Herbivore
Lesson 1
1. C
2. E
What I Know Assessment
3. D
4. A (Lesson 3)
(Lesson 3)
5. B
1. C 1. C
Lesson 2 2. A 2. C
1. D 3. D 3. D
2. E 4. C 4. A
3. B 5. B 5. A
4. A 6. C 6. D
5. C 7. B 7. B
8. A 8. B
9. D 9. C
Lesson 3 10. D 10. D
1. D 11. B 11. B
2. A 12. C 12. C
3. B 13. A 13. A
4. E 14. C 14. D
5. C 15. D 15. C
Answer Key
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References
Javier, Mark Archei O. Diwa Senior High School Series: General Biology 2. 4/F SEDCCO 1
Bldg. 120 Thailand corner Legazpi Streets, Legaspi Village, 1229 Makati City: DIWA
LEARNING SYSTEMS INC, 2017.

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https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/what-are-autotrophs.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotroph
https://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-saprophytes.html
https://www.scruffylittleterrier.com/ticks-ectoparasites-anthropods-arachnids/
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-examples-of-herbivorous-animals
https://www.britannica.com/science/carnivore-consumer
https://spectrumchart.blogspot.com/2017/01/chart-285-omnivorous-animals.html

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