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Question
What are the different modes of nutrition? Explain with one example of each mode of nutrition.
Solution
Following are the different modes of nutrition:
(i) Autotrophic nutrition:
It is the mode of nutrition in which an organism makes its own food by the process of photosynthesis. Green plants are autotrophs.
(ii) Heterotrophic nutrition:
It is the mode of nutrition in which an organism obtains its food from the autotrophs or other heterotrophs. All animals are heterotrophs.
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