Heterotroph

A plant that obtains its nourishment from organic matter rather than from photosynthesis, hence not usually green.


An organism that obtains nourishment from the ingestion and breakdown of organic matter.


An organism that must obtain food from organic molecules.


An organism such as a human requiring complex organic food in order to grow and develop; in contrast to plants, which can synthesize food from inorganic materials.


 


Posted

in

by

Tags: