According to whittaker's 5 kingdom classification - its very clear that autotrophs are only plants. Animals can only be heterotrophs. Think of it like this -
Monera Protists Fungi Plants Animals
Cell Type Prokaryotes |<-----------------Eukaryotes-------------------->|
Autotroph Yes Yes but can NO Yes No
be heterotrophs
also
Cell wall Yes No Yes Yes NO
No. Of Cells. Unicellular Unicellular MultiCellular MultiCellular MultiCellular
Cell level Tissue Level Organ Level
Animals are heterotrophic.
Plantae has cell walls of cellulose and Animalia does not.Plantae is an Autotroph and Animalia is a Heterotroph.
Plantae has cell walls of cellulose and Animalia does not.Plantae is an Autotroph and Animalia is a Heterotroph.
A potato is an autotroph.
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Autotroph is not a verb and therefore does not have a past tense. Autotroph is a noun.
autotroph, because it creates energy by itself from basic parts, using sun energy and CO2.