Question

Define heterotrophs autotrophs and saprotrophs with example

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Autotrophs: The organisms which are capable to prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis are called autotrophs. They are also called producers. For example: green plants.

Saprotrophs: The organisms which depend on dead and decaying organic materials like plants and animals are called saprotrophs. For example: fungus.

A heterotroph is an organism that cannot manufacture its own food by carbon fixation and therefore derives its intake of nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter. In the food chain, heterotrophs are secondary and tertiary consumers.

Answer 2

heterotrophs:

such type of organisms which depends on other living organisms for their food example is human beings .

Autrotrophs:

such type of living organisms , they prepare their food by themselves . example is green plants