In terms of nutrition, autotrophs are to heterotrophs as
a. kelp ...

Question

In terms of nutrition, autotrophs are to heterotrophs as
a. kelp are to diatoms.
b. archaea are to bacteria.
c. slime molds are to algae.
d. algae are to slime molds.

Accepted Answer

Hi everyone. Let's look at our next question. It says some bacteria depend on other organisms for nutrition they are called. Well when we think about how organisms get nutrition you have two categories. You have hetero troughs and auto troughs. And you can kind of look at the prefixes of these words to keep them straight. Hetero meaning different and auto meaning self. So hetero troughs are organisms that depend on other organisms for nutrition. So that's going to be what we're looking for here and we see that that's indeed choice to be here. Auto troughs are organisms that can synthesize their own nutrients. So Choice A. Is not our answer. And there are different types of auto troughs and we see them in choices C. And D. So Choice C. Is photo auto troughs. Um They depend on solar energy for nutrition. Obviously like anything that photosynthesize is so Choice C. Is not our answers. That's one of the types of auto troughs. And choice D. R. Chemo autotrophs depend on chemical engineer energy to synthesize their own nutrition. And so just imagine those deep sea bacteria that can use some of the chemicals coming out of events on the ocean floor but they are also auto trough. So not our correct answer. So again bacteria that depend on other organisms for nutrition are called Choice B. Hetero troughs. See you in the next video

In terms of nutrition, autotrophs are to heterotrophs as a. kelp are to diatoms. b. archaea are to bacteria. c. slime molds are to algae. d. algae are to slime molds.

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