Life Processes: Nutrition

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Biology: Life Processes

Nutrient

Nutrients are substances that organisms need to sustain life processes.

Nutrition

Nutrition is defined as the process by which living organisms obtain and utilize nutrients.

Types of Nutrition

There are primarily two types of nutrition: Autotrophic and Heterotrophic.

Autotrophic Nutrition

Autotrophic nutrition is a mode of nutrition in which organisms synthesize their own food. They use raw, inorganic materials to create organic compounds. Organisms that follow this mode of nutrition are called Autotrophs. Examples include plants and some bacteria.