Question

Which of the following are characteristics of fungi?

Cells lack a nucleus

Are heterotrophic

Are Autrophic

Cells lack Chlorplasts

Answer 1

Fungi are heterotrophic and their celss lack chloroplasts.

Autotrophic organisms are those that can synthesize their own food, For e.g.plants are autotrophic. They utilize the light energy and convert it into chemical energy. This process requires chlorophyll which is found in organelles called chloroplasts, Since fungi are hetertrophic they feed by absorbing nutrients from their environment and hence do not require chloroplasts.

Since fungi are eukaryotic cells, they have a nucleus. Prokaryotes like bacteria lack a nucleus.