What are the differences autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic Nutrition?
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Autotrophic nutrition is the mode of nutrition whereby a living organism is able to create/produce its own food. Green plants and some types of bacteria are usually considered as a good example of autotrophs. They can synthesize inside their cells organic food such as starch, sugar, fats and proteins. They do this with the help of carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight. Examples of autotrophs include:
Plants
Algae-Green algae and red algae
Bacteria such as cyanobacteria
Heterotrophic mode of nutrition is the mode of nutrition whereby a living organism cannot create/produce their own food. They are dependent on green plants or animals for their food. All the non green plants and animals inclusive of human beings are usually categorized as heterotrophs.
The non-green plants such as fungi, yeast, mushroom and bread mold lack chlorophyll which is necessary to carry out the process of food synthesis referred to as photosynthesis. When compared to autotrophs which occupy the base of the food web, heterotrophs occupy the upper levels of the food web given that their existence is dependent on the producers (autotrophs). More examples of heterotrophs include:
Ants
Tiger
Lion
Dogs
Cats
Buffalo
Mosquitoes
Cows
Snakes
Answer:
In auto trophic they make own food also we called producer e.g. plant
In heterotrophic they demand on others e.g.tiger