Give THREE differences between autotrophic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition. – NABTEB QUESTION
by Sunday | Sep 19 | NABTEB QUESTIONS |
| Autotrophic Mode of Nutrition |
Heterotrophic mode of nutrition |
| The organisms (green plant) make food in their body |
The organisms (non-green plant and animals) depends on food made by green plant. |
| Possible only in the presence of sunlight |
Possible at all times. |
| Makes complex organic compounds from simple inorganic materials |
Takes in complex organic compounds and break them down into simple absorbable forms |
| Food made by the process of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis |
Food is taken in by holozoic, saprophytic, symbiotic, and parasitic methods. |
