NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -An autotroph is an organism that can make its own energy (food), typically by converting sunlight into usable components. A protist is a eukaryotic microscopic organism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Protists are eukaryotic, unicellular organisms that belong to the kingdom Protista. All protists are not heterotrophs. They can be autotrophs, heterotrophs, or mixotrophs. Autotrophic protists possess chlorophyll that helps them in photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-3: -An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals. Because autotrophs produce their own food, they are sometimes called producers. Plants are the most familiar type of autotroph, but there are many different kinds of autotrophic organisms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Autotrophic Protists Four of the major taxa are Chlorophyta (green algae), Rhodophyta (red algae), Phaeophyta (brown algae), and Chrysophyta (diatoms). The word alga is not a formal taxonomic term and is often used to include cyanobacteria (or blue-green algae) even though cyanobacteria are prokaryotes.