Question

why is a mushroom considered a heterotroph?
1 it manufactures its own food.
2 it divides by mitosis.
3 it transforms light energy into chemical energy.
4 it obtains nutrients from its environment.

Explanation:

A heterotroph is an organism that cannot produce its own food and instead obtains nutrients from other sources. Mushrooms do not perform photosynthesis (so they don't manufacture their own food or transform light energy into chemical energy like plants do). Mitosis is a form of cell division and not related to being a heterotroph. Mushrooms obtain nutrients from their environment (such as decomposing organic matter).

Answer:

1. It obtains nutrients from its environment.