Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Heterotrophy

This is a picture of a giraffe. A giraffe represents heterotrophy, because a giraffe is a heterotroph, which is an organism that relies on organic compounds for food/energy, because they are unable to produce organic substances from inorganic ones. They rely on an organic source of carbon originating from other living organisms. In other words, they rely directly or indirectly on autotrophs for nutrients and food energy. For example, giraffes will consume leaves and other plants for direct nutrients. On the other hand, a lion would consume the giraffe to receive nutrients that the giraffe consumed (indirect).

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