PLANT AND ANIMAL NUTRIENT PROCUREMENT AND PROCESSING Flashcards
obtain energy from sunlight and chemicals to produce their own food.
Autotrophs
cannot make their own food and obtain their energy from other organisms
Heterotroph
3 Nutritional Requirements of Plants
Water
Carbon dioxide
Essential Nutrients or elements
2 Routes for Absorption of Water and Minerals Across the Roots
Symplast route
Apoplast route
through plasmodesmata
Symplast route
along cell walls
Apoplast route-
3 Nutritional Adaptations by Plants
Root hairs-
Root nodules
Mycorrhizae (singular, mycorrhiza)-
slender extensions of specialized epidermal cells that greatly increases the surface area available for absorption
Root hairs-
- localized swellings in roots of certain plants where bacterial cells exist symbiotically wit
Root nodules
symbiotic interaction between a young root and a fungu
Mycorrhizae (singular, mycorrhiza
5 Nutritional Requirements of Animals
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats
Essential Nutrients-
Trace Elements or Minerals-
a major energy source for the cells in the body.
Carbohydrates
obtained from grains, cereals, breads, fruits and vegetables
Carbohydrates
used as an energy source but the body mainly uses these as building materials for cell structures and as enzymes, hormones, parts of muscles, and bones
Proteins
come from dairy products, poultry, fish , meat and grains.
Proteins
used to build cell membranes, steroid hormones, and other cellular structures;
Fats
obtained from oils, margarine, butter, fried foods, meat and processed snack foods.
Fats-
only get from the foods they eat because they could not be synthesized inside the body.
Essential Nutrients-
3 Essential Nutrients
Essential amino acids-
Essential fatty acids
Vitamins
synthesis of proteins and enzymes;
Essential amino acids-
r making special membrane lipids;
Essential fatty acids
organic molecules required in small amounts for normal metabolism;
Vitamins-
inorganic nutrients needed by the body in minute amounts;
Trace Elements or Minerals
Food Uptake in Cells
3 Types of Endocytosis:
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Receptor-mediated endocytosis