Name the categories of living things based on the type of nutrition followed by them
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1. HERBIVORES- Animals that eats plant only. Many herbivores have special digestive systems that let them to digest all kinds of plants and grasses. Ex- Cow
2. CARNIVORES- Animals that eat nimals only whether through predation or scavenging.Ex- Tiger
3. OMNIVORES- Animals that are capable of consuming both animal protein and vegetation.
Ex- Monkey
4. SCAVENGERS- Animals that eat the remains of other animals. Ex- Vulture.
The process of converting food into energy and required nutrients for the survival are called Nutrition.
Depending upon the "mode of nutrition", organism is classified into autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition.
In the "autotrophic mode of nutrition", by taking inorganic substances to produce their required organic molecule by using energy.
For example, plants prepare their own food by the help of "sunlight and carbon dioxide".
In "Heterotrophic mode of nutrition" one organism eats another therefore, one organism depends on another organism for their survival.