It means self-feeder. This is the lowest level on the food web/chain.
ex. bacteria or fungi
gymnosperms are autorophic because they are plants and plants make their own food.
this is an example of a food chain. or the lion is a secondary consumer, which eats (primary consumers) which would be the zebra the zebra eat's (primary producers or autoroph) which would be grass. :) **
No, a carrot is not an autotroph; it is a heterotroph. Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food through processes like photosynthesis, while carrots, being a type of root vegetable, rely on nutrients from the soil and energy from sunlight through the plant they are part of. The carrot itself does not perform photosynthesis; instead, it stores energy and nutrients that the plant has produced.