Question

Explain autotrophic nutrition in brief

Answer 1

Autotrophic Nutrition

Auto = self,  Trophic = nutrition. The literal meaning of this term is self-nutrition.Autotrophic nutrition is a process where the organism prepares their food from the simple inorganic materials like water, mineral salts and carbon dioxide in the presence of sunlight. All the green plants possess an autotrophic mode of nutrition.

The autotrophic organisms contain a green colored pigment called chlorophyll which helps in trapping energy from the sun. They prepare their own food by utilizing the solar energy, water, and carbon dioxide by the process of photosynthesis. This results in forming of glucose.
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Answer 2

In autotrophic nutrition organisms obtain food by themselves,not depending on other organisms.,photosynthesis .All green plants have autotrophic nutrition because they synthesize their own food....