1) What is nutrition? What is the difference between autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition?
2) Distinguish between autotrophs and heterotroph. Write one example for each?
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please find the answer to your query below:
Nutrition is a process by which an organism obtains its food and utilizes it in the body.
Depending upon the mode, nutrition can be of two types:
Autotrophic nutrition: organism which prepares their own food, auto means 'self ' and trophic means nutrition. All green plants and green algae are Autotrophic.Such organims are called autotrophs.
Heterotrophic nutrition: organisms which depend on other means for their nutrition that is they are not their source of nutrition.
Hetero means other and trophic means nutrition. All animals, non-green plants and fungi are examples. Such organisms are called heterotrophs.
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please find the answer to your query below:
Nutrition is a process by which an organism obtains its food and utilizes it in the body.
Depending upon the mode, nutrition can be of two types:
Autotrophic nutrition: organism which prepares their own food, auto means 'self ' and trophic means nutrition. All green plants and green algae are Autotrophic.Such organims are called autotrophs.
Heterotrophic nutrition: organisms which depend on other means for their nutrition that is they are not their source of nutrition.
Hetero means other and trophic means nutrition. All animals, non-green plants and fungi are examples. Such organisms are called heterotrophs.
P.S. Kindly post separate questions in separate threads.
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