BiologyNEB 2076 (old course)
What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph?
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| **Feature** | **Autotroph** | **Heterotroph** |
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Definition** | Organisms that synthesize their own food from inorganic substances. | Organisms that depend on external sources for food (cannot synthesize their own). |
| **Nutrition** | **Autotrophic nutrition** (e.g., photosynthesis in plants, chemosynthesis in bacteria). | **Heterotrophic nutrition** (ingestion, absorption, or decomposition of organic matter). |
| **Energy Source** | Use sunlight (photoautotrophs) or inorganic chemicals (chemoautotrophs). | Rely on organic compounds (e.g., glucose) for energy. |
| **Examples** | Green plants, algae, cyanobacteria, some bacteria. | Animals, fungi, most bacteria, protozoa. |
| **Carbon Source** | CO₂ (inorganic carbon). | Organic carbon (e.g., glucose, proteins). |
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