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Types on nutrition (Heterotrophic: It obtains organic molecules from other…
Types on nutrition
Heterotrophic: It obtains organic molecules from other organisms
Parasitic
Parasites live on the body surface or inside the body of another organism and feeds on it and harms it
Examples: Tapeworms
Saprotrophic
Type of nutrition where organisms eat decaying organic matters
Example: mushrooms
Holozoic
Carnivorous
Any animal that sustains itself on meat
Examples: Wolves and lions
Herbivorous
Any animal that eats only plants
Examples: Horses and cows
Omnivore
Any animal that can eat both plants and animals
Example: Pigs and chickens
Autotrophic: process where the organism prepares their own food coming from simple organic material
Photosynthesis
Process to trasform solar energy and CO2 into glucose
Example: Plants or marine algae
Chemosynthesis
Process that uses energy released by
inorganic
chemical reactions in order to produce food
Example: bacteria and methanogenic archaea