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What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?


AUTOTROPHIC NUTRITION

HETEROTROPHIC NUTRITION

- Food is synthesized by autotrophic organisms like plants using water, minerals, CO2 in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll.


- Raw Materials are required


- Chlorophyll (green pigment) is present.


- Process of digestion is absent

- Heterotrophic nutrition is obtaining food from the autotrophs since it cannot synthesize its own food.



- Raw Materials are not required


-Chlorophyll (green pigment) is absent

-Process of digestion is required to convert complex molecules into simpler ones

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