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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 energy
Autotrophic 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: plants
Hetrotrophic nutrition is where organism feed on organic substances that have been made by other organisms.
Examples are animals and fungi
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Autotrophic organisms can produce their own food using energy from sunlight or inorganic compounds, like plants through photosynthesis. Heterotrophic organisms cannot produce their own food and rely on consuming other organisms for energy, like animals that eat plants or other animals.
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Is proteobacteria Autotrophic or Heterotrophic?
Proteobacteria are typically heterotrophic, meaning they obtain their energy by consuming organic compounds. However, some proteobacteria are also capable of being mixotrophic, meaning they can switch between autotrophic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition.
Are amobea autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Amoebae are heterotrophic.
What group of protists can autotrophic heterotrophic or both?
euglenoids
Are lily pads autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Water lily are autotrophs This is the right answer
Are archaebacteria or heterotrophic or autotrophic or saprophytic?
Archaebacteria can be autotrophic, heterotrophic, or saprophytic. Some archaebacteria are capable of synthesizing their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, while others rely on consuming organic matter or decaying material for energy.
Are moss heterotrophic or autotrophic?
Mosses are autotrophic, meaning they can produce their own food through photosynthesis. They do not rely on other organisms for nutrients.
Is a bluebonnet plant autotrophic or heterotrophic?
A bluebonnet plant is autotrophic, meaning it can produce its own food through photosynthesis. It uses sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose, which provides the energy it needs to grow and survive.
Are horses heterotrophic or autotrophic?
Heterotrophic.
Is proteobacteria Autotrophic or Heterotrophic?
Proteobacteria are typically heterotrophic, meaning they obtain their energy by consuming organic compounds. However, some proteobacteria are also capable of being mixotrophic, meaning they can switch between autotrophic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition.
Are amobea autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Amoebae are heterotrophic.
What is the relationship between Photosynthesis heterotrophic metabolism and autotrophic metabolism?
Good.
Is Light reaction autotrophic or heterotrophic?
it is autotrophic nutrition
Is trichonympha autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Heterotrophic
What group of protists can autotrophic heterotrophic or both?
euglenoids
Are lily pads autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Water lily are autotrophs This is the right answer
Is a rotifera a autotrophic?
it is heterotrophic
Is clostridium perfringens autotrophic heterotrophic or chemotrophic?
Clostridium perfringens is a heterotrophic bacterium, meaning it obtains carbon and energy by consuming organic compounds from its environment. It does not produce its own food through processes like photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
