Question

What is nutrition? What type of nutrition is seen in green plants and the majority of animals?

Answer 1

• Nutrition is the process of obtaining energy in the form of food, which is necessary for body growth and metabolism. Each and every organism obtain their nutrition by different ways.
  
• Plants exhibit an autotrophic mode of nutrition. They prepare their own food. They are capable of fixing carbon dioxide using sunlight energy. They are the primary producers in the food chain.
• The majority of animals are heterotrophs. They cannot prepare their own food. They depend on other organisms such as plants or other animals for their nutrition. They are consumers in the food chain.