Question

define autotrophic and heterotrophic???
what are their differences???????​

Answer 1

autotrophic:-

autotrophic nutrition is a process where an organism prepare its own food from a simple inorganic material like water, mineral, salt and carbon dioxide in the presence of Sunlight.

heterotrophic:-

heterotrophic nutrition is a type of nutrition in which organism depend upon another organism for food to survive. heterotrophic organisms have to take all the organic substance they need to survive. all animal, fungi and non photosynthesizing plants are heterotrophic.

Difference:-

autotrophic nutrition are organisms that prepare their own food through the process of photosynthesis, whereas heterotrophic nutrition are organism that cannot prepare their own food and depend upon other autotrophs for nutrition.

Answer 2

"Autotrophs are organisms that prepare their own food through the process of photosynthesis, whereas heterotrophs are organisms that cannot prepare their own food and depend upon autotrophs for nutrition.”