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Plants are autotrophic because they are able to synthesize their own food. Heterotrophic organisms such as animals need to get energy from eating other heterotrophs or autotrophs.
Gerardo Glover
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Is a plant an autotroph?
both autotroph and heterotroph/ the plant body of a lichen is generally made by algae hence Lichens are autotroph.
Is a hummingbird a heterotroph or autotroph?
heterotroph
Is fern heterotroph or an autotroph?
yes... because it is a plant and all plants are autotrophs.
Is a pacific viperfish a heterotroph or a autotroph?
The viper-fish is a heterotroph.
What can an autotroph do that an heterotroph cannot?
An autotroph can make it's own energy. A heterotroph has to eat the autotroph to gain energy. To put it simple, an autotroph is a plant and it turns sunlight into energy in the form of glucose. A heterotroph is an animal and can't make it's own energy, so it eats the plant and the glucose, gaining energy from that.
Is the jellyfish autotroph or heterotroph?
An autotroph is a plant, which makes it's own energy. A heterotroph is an animal that eats other organisms to get energy.
Is a fern an autotroph or a heterotroph?
yes... because it is a plant and all plants are autotrophs.
Is a eagle heterotroph or autotroph?
Heterotroph
walrus is autotroph or heterotroph?
heterotroph
Is fungus an autotroph or a heterotroph?
Heterotroph
Is an animal a autotroph or heterotroph?
heterotroph
Is a bluebrid a autotroph or heterotroph?
Heterotroph.
