Question
Biology Question on Kingdom Protista
Mode of feeding in free living protozoan is
A
holozoic
B
saprozoic
C
both [a] and [b]
D
none of these
Answer
holozoic
Explanation
Solution
Free living protozoan has holozoic mode of nutrition. They have no specific organ for intake of food. Holozoic nutrition involving engulfment of the whole or a pan of a plant or animal, either in solid or in liquid state. In saprozoic nutrition, animal do not ingest solid food. Instead they secrete digestive enzymes directly into their food, which usually are dead or decaying matters.