Which of the following is an autotroph?

🔑 Key Points
Plants
→ Plants are autotrophs, which means they produce their own food.
→ They use the process of photosynthesis to transform water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide into oxygen, and simple sugars that the plant uses as fuel.

📌 Important Points
→ Autotrophs are organisms that can produce their own food, using materials from inorganic sources by using basic energy sources such as sunlight.
→ Plants are the main example of autotrophs, using photosynthesis.
→ Some autotrophs, such as green plants and algae, are phototrophs, they convert electromagnetic energy from sunlight into chemical energy in the form of glucose.
→ Spinach, Tomato, and Banana are also examples of autotrophs.

📝 Additional Information
→ Heterotrophic: Animals and most other organisms take in ready-made food prepared by plants. They are called heterotrophs (heteros = other).
→ Examples are Protozoa, viruses, fungi, dogs, birds, fish, humans, etc.

🔑 Key Points
Heterotrophs
→ Animals and most other organisms take in ready-made food prepared by plants. They are called heterotrophs (heteros = other).
→ Examples are Protozoa, viruses, fungi, dogs, birds, fish, humans, etc.