10.2 - Modes of Nutrition
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Practice Questions
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What is autotrophic nutrition?
💡 Hint: Think of plants and their ability to make food.
Give an example of a heterotrophic organism.
💡 Hint: Consider organisms that eat other living things.
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What type of nutrition allows organisms to produce their own food?
💡 Hint: Think about plants and photosynthesis.
Heterotrophic organisms can produce their own food.
💡 Hint: Remember which organisms rely on others for nutrition.
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Design a simple food web that includes autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms. Explain their roles within the web.
💡 Hint: Focus on who eats whom and the energy flow.
Analyze the impact on an ecosystem if all autotrophic organisms were removed.
💡 Hint: Consider the cascading effects on food sources.
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