Explore the basic processes all living things carry out to survive, including nutrition and respiration.
Autotrophic organisms (like plants) make their own food through photosynthesis. Heterotrophic organisms (like animals) obtain food by consuming other organisms.
Is a plant autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Autotrophic, since it makes its own food through photosynthesis
Is a cow autotrophic or heterotrophic?
Heterotrophic, since it obtains food by eating plants
Respiration is the process by which living things release energy from food, usually using oxygen, and it happens continuously in all living cells.
What is respiration?
The process by which living things release energy from food
Does respiration only occur in animals, or in plants too?
Both — all living things, including plants, carry out respiration continuously
1. What is autotrophic nutrition?
2. What is heterotrophic nutrition?
3. What is respiration?
4. Do plants respire?
5. Name one gas typically involved in respiration.