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Both animals and fungi are heterotrophic. What distinguishes animal heterotrophy from fungal heterotrophy is that most animals derive their nutrition by _______.
A. preying on animals B. ingesting materials C. consuming living, rather than dead, prey D. using enzymes to digest their food

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Option (B) ingesting materials is correct.

Both animals and fungi are heterotrophic. What distinguishes animal heterotrophy from fungal heterotrophy is that most animals derive their nutrition by ingesting materials.

What is heterotroph?

  • An organism is referred to be a heterotroph if it is unable to manufacture food on its own and must obtain it from other sources of organic carbon, primarily plant or animal materials.
  • Heterotrophs are not producers in the food chain; instead, they are the main, secondary, and tertiary consumers.
  • Photoheterotrophs and chemoheterotrophs are the two subgroups of heterotrophs.
  • Heterotrophs include bacteria, fungi, yeast, cows, dogs, and people. For nourishment, they are all reliant on plants and other animals.
  • The heterotrophic mode of nutrition, in which these organisms obtain carbon in reduced form from their surroundings, unites protozoans.
  • All bacteria produce energy by oxidizing environmental prepared organic compounds (proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates). ATP is produced as a result of these molecules being broken down.

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