. What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition

Autotrophic Nutrition	Heterotrophic Nutrition
Organism prepare its own food and is not dependent on any other organism	Organism does not prepare its own food and dependent on other organism for food
Food is prepared from CO₂, water and sunlight	Food cannot be prepared from CO₂, water and sunlight
Chlorophyll is required for food preparation	Chlorophyll is not required for food preparation
Green Planta and certain bacteria have autotrophic mode of nutrtion	All the animals and fungi, most bacteria have heterotrophic mode of nutrition

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