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Autotrophic means being able to make your own food. On Earth the only lifeforms that can make their own food are plants and a few species of bacteria such as cyanobacteria. Every other life form on Earth, pandas included, are heterotrophs meaning they get their food by consuming another life form, either a plant or another animal.
Pandas are heterotrophic, meaning they obtain their energy by consuming other organisms, mainly bamboo for pandas. They rely on external food sources to meet their energy needs.
An easy way to see if something is autotrophic (make their own food) is to see if they are green or blue-green. In the case of pandas, they are not and that makes them heterotrophic.
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Are moss heterotrophic or autotrophic?
Mosses are autotrophic, meaning they can produce their own food through photosynthesis. They do not rely on other organisms for nutrients.
Are all protozoans prokaryotic and autorophic?
No, not all protozoans are prokaryotic and autotrophic. Protozoans are eukaryotic organisms that can be autotrophic or heterotrophic. Autotrophic protozoans can photosynthesize like plants, while heterotrophic protozoans rely on organic matter for nutrition.
Is a bluebonnet plant autotrophic or heterotrophic?
A bluebonnet plant is autotrophic, meaning it can produce its own food through photosynthesis. It uses sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose, which provides the energy it needs to grow and survive.
Is fungi autotrophic?
Heterotroph
Is a British soldier autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Answer The words "autotrophic" and "heterotrophic" are biological terms describing how an organism metabolyses carbon. Broadly speaking, an autotrophic organism is something like a green plant which metabolyses carbon by photosynthesis and a heterotrophic organism obtains carbon usually by eating an autotrophic organism. As a human, a British soldier would be heterotrophic.
Are moss heterotrophic or autotrophic?
Mosses are autotrophic, meaning they can produce their own food through photosynthesis. They do not rely on other organisms for nutrients.
Are horses heterotrophic or autotrophic?
Heterotrophic.
Are amobea autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Amoebae are heterotrophic.
Is Light reaction autotrophic or heterotrophic?
it is autotrophic nutrition
Is trichonympha autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Heterotrophic
What group of protists can autotrophic heterotrophic or both?
euglenoids
Is a rotifera a autotrophic?
it is heterotrophic
Are archaebacteria or heterotrophic or autotrophic or saprophytic?
Archaebacteria can be autotrophic, heterotrophic, or saprophytic. Some archaebacteria are capable of synthesizing their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, while others rely on consuming organic matter or decaying material for energy.
Are Archaeabacteria auto or heterotrophic?
Some Archaeabacteria are autotrophic and some are heterotrophic.
Is horse heterotrophic or autotrophic?
Horses are heterotrophic. It has to eat grass to live.
Are elephant shrews autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Like all animals they are heterotrophic.
Are slime mold autotrophic or heterotrophic?
heterotrophs
