(a) What are heterotrophs? Give one example of heterotrophs. (b) What is the difference between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?
(a) Heterotrophs are those organisms which completely depend on others for their nutrition. They depend on surrounding plants and animals for food. They cannot make the food from available inorganic substances like carbon dioxide, water and sunlight. The examples of heterotrophs are animals, Homo sapiens.
(b)
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Autotrophic nutrition |
Heterotrophic nutrition |
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The mode of nutrition in which the organisms prepare their own food from the available inorganic materials like carbon dioxide, water, sunlight and chlorophyll from their surroundings is called autotrophic nutrition. |
The mode of nutrition in which the organisms cannot prepare their own food from the available inorganic materials like carbon dioxide, water, sunlight and chlorophyll from their surroundings is called heterotrophic nutrition. |
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Example: Plants |
Example: Animals |
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