PHOTOSYNTHESIS - Lake Ridge Science Lamkin

AUTOTROPHIC NUTRITION

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

AUTOTROPHS

Auto= SELF Troph= NOURISH

Autotrophs are

PLANTS

AUTOTROPHS:

?Organisms that can

make their own food

?Also called PRODUCERS ?Examples:

flowers, plants,

trees, fruits,

HETEROTROPHS:

?Hetero = OTHER ?Organisms that cannot make

their own food, they need to

consume it

?Also called CONSUMERS

Examples: animals,

fungus, some bacteria

Types of AUTOTROPHIC NUTRITION

?PHOTOSYNTHESIS: light energy

from the sun is changed into chemical energy in the form of glucose in plants

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