Question

What are the different modes of nutrition? Explain with one example of each mode of nutrition.

Answer 1

 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.