answersLogoWhite

0

From Latin : self-feeding.

An autotroph is an organism capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.

Also, it means the organism creates their own food instead of intaking from others. Sub divided into photoautotrophs which are plants and chemoautotrophs which are some bacteria that are able to synthesis their own food from inorganic substances.

User Avatar

Wiki User

∙ 9y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Natural Sciences
Related Questions
Trending Questions
What is the fastest shot in lacrosse? What city shares the same latitude as Copenhagen? What is bed deformation? Did Indonesia and Thailand see the tsunami coming in 2004 with their technology? How do greenhouse gases affect Earth environment? Where in the body are proteins and energy made? Why do atoms get smaller when more electrons are added? What shape could you use to model the qualntities of energy at all of these typesthe amount of energy changes as you move stepwise from producers to primary consumers to tertiary consumers in a food c? What is the largest division of time on geologic time scale? What mineral contains iron has metallic luster and has a streak that is the same color as the mineral? A sheet of gold weighing 10.0g and at a temperature of 18.0 is placed flat on a sheet of iron weighing 20.0g and at a temperature of 55.6 C. Specfific heats of gold and iron are 0.129 and .444 respec? Do parents suffer from a recessive disorder passed to their children? How many 40 km equals how many miles? Is xylem and phloem an non - vascular plant? The part of the brain responsible for processing information from the senses including text your temperature wait and other sensations from the body? When was the kula volcano erupted? What is the measurement of distance in the international system of measurement? What is the type of community interaction that involves one species living in or on another organism and harming the organism? Why does your 1992 Cabriolet automatic looses power during stop and go traffic? Is volume a measurement of how fast particles of a substance move?