Definitions

1. Autotrophs are a vital part of a food chain.
2. Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own organic compounds using carbon dioxide from the air or water in which they live. (Web site)

Animals

1. Plants are called "producers" or autotrophs because of this; they produce the fundamental food energy that all animals use. (Web site)

Organisms

1. Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own organic compounds using carbon dioxide from the air or water in which they live. (Web site)

Organic Carbon

1. Some animals, such as corals, form symbiotic relationships with autotrophs and obtain organic carbon in this way.

Carbon Cycle

1. Most phototrophic bacteria are autotrophs so their role in the carbon cycle is analogous to that of plants. (Web site)

Carbon Source

1. Some bacteria require only carbon dioxide for their carbon source and are called autotrophs. (Web site)

Carbon Fixation

1. Other archaea use CO 2 in the atmosphere as a source of carbon, in a process called carbon fixation (they are autotrophs). (Web site)

Photosynthesis

1. Almost all autotrophs use solar radiation to provide this, and their production process is called photosynthesis. (Web site)

Heterotrophs

1. Heterotrophs, such as animals, use light from the sun indirectly by consuming the products of autotrophs, either directly or by consuming other heterotrophs.

Chemosynthesis

1. A small number of autotrophs exploit chemical energy sources in a process called chemosynthesis.

Own Food

1. A fungus must digest food to live, while plants are autotrophs that make their own food through photosynthesis.
2. Overview of photosynthesis Photosynthesis is the process which autotrophs use to synthesize their own food. (Web site)

Primary Producers

1. Visible light is the basis for all life on Earth, and is captured by primary producers or autotrophs, such as green plants. (Web site)
2. Primary producers are those organisms in an ecosystem that produce biomass from inorganic compounds (autotrophs). (Web site)

Autotrophs

1. The plants (producers or autotrophs) get their energy from sunlight, converting the light into chemical energy using photosynthesis. (Web site)
2. Plants are mostly autotrophs, organisms that obtain energy from sunlight or organisms that make their own food.
3. The protists include heterotrophs, autotrophs, and some organisms that can vary their nutritional mode depending on environmental conditions. (Web site)

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1. Primary Producers
2. Own Food
3. Chemosynthesis
4. Heterotrophs
5. Chemistry > Biochemistry > Metabolism > Photosynthesis
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