Question

What are life processes? Differentiate between autotrophic & heterotrophic modes of nutrition?

Answer 1

• “Autotrophs are organisms that prepare their own food through the process of photosynthesis, whereas, heterotrophs are organisms that cannot prepare their own food and depend upon autotrophs for nutrition.”

Answer 2

Answer:

life process is a basic function performed by living organisms in order to maintain their life

Explanation

basic life processes are:

respiration,nutrition, transport ,excretion , control and coordination,growth an movement

there are two types of nutrition

autotrophic nutrition is the process by which organisms prepare its food from simple inorganic materials

heterotrophic nutrition is when an organism is unable to prepare its own food and has to rely n other organisms