Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs

Now it's time for you to figure out how you're going to remember the difference between autotroph and heterotroph.

In your workbook at the bottom of p. 5, make up some way to remember that auto- means a cell with chloroplasts that can make its own food, and hetero- means a cell that has to get its food by eating other organisms.

Autotrophic cell

Heterotrophic cell

 

Heterotrophs

 

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