Question

Differentiate b/w autotrophs & hetrotrophs.

Answer 1

Explanation:

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 rely on other organisms — both plants and animals — for nutrition.

Answer 2

• autotrophs are the organisms which have the capacity to form their food .....HETEROTROPHS ARE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR THEIR FOOD ....
• AUTOTROPHS PREPARE THEIR food by using raw .materials like water ,co² etc ......AS FOOD IS PREPARED BY HETEROTROPHS THEY DON'T USE RAW MATERIALS...
• AUTOTROPHS ARE INDEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR THEIR FOOD ,...HETEROTROPHS ARE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR FOOD ....
• AUTOTROPHS MAY BE CHEMOTROPHS OR PHOTOTROPHS .....HETEROTROPHS MAY BE SAPROPHYTES , HOLOZOIC ,PARASITIC ETC
• AUTOTROPHS: GREEN PLANTS, BGA,CERTAIN BACTERIA........HETEROTROPHS: HUMANS ,MONKEYS ,FUNGI ETC .......