Autotroph vs Heterotroph Producer vs Consumer

welcome to moomoomath and autotroph verse heterotroph an autotroph also called a producer is an organism that can self feed the word auto trough comes from the Greek word autos meaning self and trough meaning nor nourishing or nutrition autotrophs are the producers in a food web and they are the bottom base in an energy pyramid some common examples would include autotrophs produce their energy from the Sun in a comical in a chemical process called photosynthesis they take carbon dioxide plus water and sunlight and produce sugar and oxygen in order for plants to grow they need inputs of carbon dioxide water and energy the chemical process by which plants use these resources to manufacture glucose the building blocks of plants is called photosynthesis in the process oxygen gas is produced as a by-product the energy for photosynthesis originates in the Sun and arrives at the earth as sunlight a heterotroph comes from the Greek word meaning heteros meaning another or different and trough meaning nutrition or nourishing a heterotroph has to get their energy by eating other plants animals or by decomposing they use sugar plus oxygen to produce carbon dioxide plus water and energy in the form of ATP this process is called cellular respiration some heterotrophs eat only plants call it herbivores others eat only me animals omnivores weíll have some heterotrophs feed on dead organic remains of other organisms thanks for watching I hope that helps in a difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph moomoomath uploads a math science or motivation video every day thanks for watching

Channel: MooMooMath and Science

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Keywords: autotroph, heterotroph, producer, consumer, science, omnivore, carnivore, herbivore, food chain, food web

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Length: 4min 15sec (255 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 13 2016