Types Of Nutrition

Question 1

What is autotrophic nutrition?

Answer 1

Autotrophic nutrition is when organisms (like green plants) make their own food using simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide and water, usually through photosynthesis.

Question 2

What is heterotrophic nutrition?

Answer 2

Heterotrophic nutrition is when organisms (like animals) cannot make their own food and must feed on other organisms to obtain complex organic substances.

Question 3

What is saprophytic nutrition?

Answer 3

Saprophytic nutrition is when organisms (like fungi and some bacteria) feed on dead organic material, breaking it down and recycling nutrients into the ecosystem.

Question 4

How are autotrophs, heterotrophs, and saprophytes related in food chains?

Answer 4

Autotrophs (producers) make food; heterotrophs (consumers) feed on them; saprophytes (decomposers) break down dead organisms, recycling nutrients for plants.