Question

Different between autotrophs and heterotrophs

Answer 1

Answer:

Autotroph Heterotroph

Produce own food Yes No

Food chain level Primary Secondary and tertiary

Types Photoautotroph, Chemoautotroph Photoheterotroph, Chemoheterotroph

Examples Plants, algae, and some bacteria Herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores

Definition An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide. Heterotrophs cannot produce organic compounds from inorganic sources and therefore rely on consuming other organisms in the food chain.

What or How they eat ? Produce their own food for energy. They eat other organisms to get proteins and energy.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Autotrophs are organisms that can produce their own food from the substances available in their surroundings using light (photosynthesis) or chemical energy (chemosynthesis).

Heterotrophs cannot synthesize their own food and depends on the other organisms - both plant and animals - for nutrition.

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