Question

Think and answer.
(a) We prepare a variety of foodstuffs
and dishes at home. Are we then
autotrophic organisms?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

yeah but we cant make vegetables and fruits. plants makes vegetables and fruits which we used to prepare variety of dishes so we are dependent on plants for our food requirement which makes our nutrition heterotrophic

Answer 2

No, we are not autotrophs. We make food but the ingredients used is obtained from plants and animals. Autotrophs are organisms that can make food on their own, that is,without depending on anyone else. But we obtain the ingredients from autotrophs hence we are heterotrophs.