Question

What is the difference between heterotrophic nutrition and parasitic nutrition?

Answer 1

Answer:-

Heterotrophic Nutrition :- If the organism gets food from other organisms or plants , then this is known as heterotrophic type of nutrition.

Example:- Animals are depended on other organisms for food.

Parasitic Nutrition:- If the organism gets the food from host plants, then this is known as parasitic type of nutrition.

Example:- Dodder

Answer 2

Every non-autotrophic organism which depends on others for their food is called heterotrophs. ... Organisms which feed on other organisms by deriving out nutrients from other animals (hosts) are called parasites.