Question

What dose heterotrophic and autotrophic mean and what are some examples

Answer 1

Heterotrophic means obtaining ready made organic food from the environment and Autotrophic means manufacturing food from inorganic compounds usually carbon dioxide, water using a source of energyAutotrophic nutrition is a process where plants make food by combining large complex organic molecules such as starch, lipids and protein with simple inorganic molecules like water, carbon dioxide and minerals.Example: plantsHetrotrophic nutrition is where organism feed on organic substances that have been made by other organisms.Examples are animals and fungi