Difference between autotrophs and hetrotrophs

Answer 1

1} autotrophs --- green plants are able to prepare their own food from simple raw materials ---- carbon dioxide from the air , and water from the soil. plants get the enegy for preparing food from sunlight. this mode of nutrition where green plants make food themselves from simple substances is called autotrophic nutrition. such plants are therefore called autotrophs.

2} hetrotrophs --- animals and non - green plants, such as fungi and bacteria, cannot prepare their own food. they depend directly or indirectly on green plants for their nutrition. this mode of nutrition is called hetrotrophic nutrition. animals and non - green plants are known as hetrotrophs.

Answer 2

Autotrophs

1. They prepare their own food

2. They contain chlorophyll

3. All green plants are examples

Heterotrophs

1. They depend on plants for food

2. They do not have chlorophyll

3. Humans, fungi, animals etc are examples

Answer 3

• autotrophs produce their own food/energy
• Heterotrophs eat other organisms for food/energy
• autotrophs usually use photosynthesis for energy/food
• Heterotrophs usually just consume organisms for energy/ food
• Plants are autotrophs and with few exceptions animals are heterotrophs

Answer 4

Autotrophs are organisms that can produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, while heterotrophs rely on consuming other organisms for their food. Autotrophs are typically plants, algae, and some bacteria, while heterotrophs include animals, fungi, and most bacteria.

Answer 5

an autotroph produces its own energy source and a heterotroph consumes other autotrophs energy