Meaning of heterotrophic nutrition

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Meaning of heterotrophic nutrition

Posted by Ug Sidharth 6 years, 6 months ago

CBSE > Class 07 > Science

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Vedant Rawat 6 years, 6 months ago

The mode of nutrition in which organisms can not make their own food and depend on other creatures to make their food

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Priyanka Behera 6 years, 6 months ago

IN THIS MODE OF NUTRITION ORGANISMS DEPENDS ON ANOTHER ORGANISM & TAKE FOOD FROM THEM IS CALLED HETEROTROPHIC NUTRITION.

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Waseem Izhan 6 years, 6 months ago

Relating to an organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter. All animals, protozoans, fungi, and most bacteria are

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Sia ? 6 years, 6 months ago

Heterotrophic nutrition is the mode of nutrition in which organisms depend upon other organisms for food to survive.

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Yogita Ingle 6 years, 6 months ago

The word Heterotrophic is the combination of two words i.e. Hetero + Trophos. Hetero means ‘others’ and ‘trophos’ means nourishment. If organisms depend on others for their food, such a mode of nutrition is called Hetetrophic Nutrition.

Animals cannot make their food themselves. They depend for food upon plants. Therefore, nutrition in animals is called Hetetrophic Nutrition. Animals are known as Heterotrophs.

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