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heterotrophs
eat organic matter
consumers
fungi, some protists, bacteria, etc
autotrophs
make their own food
plants
make organic substances
known as producers
food is glucose thru the process of photosynthesis
carnivorous plants also make their own food, also consume insects to get nitrogen
some protist, bacteria, and archaea are autotrophs too
plus note
an organism can be both an autotroph and heterotroph
ex. euglena
photoautotrophs
ex. plant
uses light as an energy source
chemoautotrophs
their energy source is chemicals
no light required
there are also chemoheterotrophs
photoheterotrophs
energy source is light
found is a few types of prokaryotes
