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Autotrophic

Definition

adjective

1. Of or relating to an autotroph, an organism capable of making nutritive organic molecules from inorganic sources via photosynthesis (involving light energy) or chemosynthesis (involving chemical energy).

2. Self-sustaining or self-nourishing organisms (e.g. green plants, algae, and certain bacteria) that have the ability to synthesize their own food from inorganic materials, e.g. carbon dioxide and nitrogen.


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Related forms: autotroph (noun), autotrophy (noun).
Compare: heterotrophic.
See also: photosynthetic, chemosynthetic.


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Plant-Fungi?

... The crucial difference is that they are heterotrophic, meaning that they cannot synthesize their own food source (glucose), whereas plants, being autotrophic, can make glucose through photosynthesis. The answer is E.

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by alextemplet
Sun May 10, 2009 5:28 pm
 
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alternation of generations in mosses/ferns (haploid/diploid)

... is basically an urn full of spores. In ferns, the gametophyte is reduced a lump of cells called the prothallus, which can either be green and thus autotrophic or saprophytic in the soil. the actual big plant is the sporophyte. In higher plants (gimnosperms and above) the gametophyte is reduced ...

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by MrMistery
Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:54 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: alternation of generations in mosses/ferns (haploid/diploid)
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Biology Assignment: Help

{quote}:"My peers told me that nitrate levels are inversely correlated with autotrophic levels, but my data is not being consistent" yes, your data should show increase in nitrate levels =more autotrophs present And I think you should use data from all ...

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by Linn
Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:32 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Biology Assignment: Help
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Biology Assignment: Help

... I don't see a point in doing a select few, unless you guys think it's okay. My peers told me that nitrate levels are inversely correlated with autotrophic levels, but my data is not being consistent whatsoever. What I did do was record the Net Primary Production of oxygen to correspond to the ...

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by ineedyourhelpplease
Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:24 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Biology Assignment: Help
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Re:

... food source. As long as the host cell remains alive, the intracellular parasite has a constant supply of food, so I don't think they would've been autotrophic because there'd be no need for such capability. As an aside, I think the entire theory of endosymbiosis is one of the most interesting concepts ...

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by Sepals
Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:44 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Modern mitochondria
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