Can an autotroph make its own food?

Answer 1

Yes, an autotroph can create and sustain its own food supply by taking in carbon dioxide and putting out oxygen (cellular respiration) and drawing in water and nutrients from the soil and air around them, and most importantly the leaves need to have a source of sunlight in order to cause photosynthesis a process by which sunlight energy is converted into energy to which the plant can use the nutrients and water to create food for themselves.

Answer 2

no heterotrophs cannot make their own food, autotrophs can though.

no heterotrophs cannot make their own food.hetero means-others and auto means-self.therefore autotrophs can make their own food.

Answer 3

By definition, NO. Autotrophs can.
Auto=Self Troph=feeding
So an Autotroph is self feeding, producing its own food through either photosynthesis or some form of chemical reaction.
Hetero=different, so a heterotroph is an organism that feeds on other organisms, consuming either plants, or animals, or both to get its nutrition.

Answer 4

Heterotrophs cannot make their own food as their bodies are not designed to manufacture food. They lack the food-producing organs and in the course of evolution this fact hasn't changed or improved. If you compare green plants that are autotrophes, you will see that they have specialised organs (like leaves) which help in manufacture of food. Leaves have the unique property of converting light energy into chemical energy whereas heterotrophes like humans lack this ability.

Answer 5

Yes, autotrophs can make their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. These organisms are able to produce organic compounds using energy from sunlight (photosynthesis) or inorganic compounds (chemosynthesis) to sustain themselves.

Answer 6

Carnivores hunt their food, and because they are 'carnivores' they eat meat. In order to get that meat, they hunt prey. So they hunt, not make.

Answer 7

no they do not make their own food autotrouphs make their own food

Answer 8

An organism that can make its own food

Answer 9

No. Autotrophs make their own food.