Answer: absorption (heterotrophic).
- A absorption (heterotrophic)
- B green-plant photosynthesis
- C chemical chemosynthesis
- D fixing free nitrogen
Correct answer: A. absorption (heterotrophic)
Explanation: Fungi are heterotrophs that absorb nutrients from their surroundings.
Whittaker's five-kingdom system (1969) groups all cellular life by cell structure and nutrition; viruses, viroids, and lichens fall outside this system entirely since they aren't independently classifiable as one of the five.
Concept context
Whittaker's five kingdom system covering Monera, Protista, Fungi, plus viruses, viroids, and lichens. A foundational NEET chapter on how living organisms are grouped.