Question

Animals and most microorganisms are classified as chemoorganoheterotrophs. The prefixes "chemo," "organo," and "hetero" refer to how the organism meets its needs, respectively, for________________.
A. electrons, carbon, and energy
B. carbon, energy, and electrons
C. electrons, energy, and carbon
D. energy, electrons, and carbon
E. carbon, electrons, and energy

Answer 1

Answer:

D. energy, electrons, and carbon

Explanation:

Nutrition is a process by which organisms obtain their food to get energy. The organisms that synthesize their own food is called as autotrophs and the organism that obtain their food from other sources are called heterotrophs. Such types of heterotrophic organisms that obtain energy by oxidation of organic compounds are called chemoorganoheterotrophs such as heterotrophic prokaryotes, fungi and some other. The word chemo indicates energy, organo indicates electrons and the hetero indicates about carbon source.