FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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reproduce asexually
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synthesize their own food
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release energy stored in organic molecules
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excrete wastes from organs
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Plants which synthesise their food themselves are called autotrophs whereas the plants which derive nutrition from dead and decaying organisms are called saprotrophs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Consumers (heterotrophs) cannot manufacture their own food and need to consume other organisms. Decomposers break down dead plant and animal material and wastes and release them into the ecosystem as energy and nutrients for recycling.