Name:______________________________________ Assignment # 21

Aim: How do different living organisms obtain food?

Instructions

1. go to www.mrlelivingenvironment.weebly.com
2. Click on “Powerpoint” and download “Autotroph vs Heterotroph” ppt.
3. Study the ppt and use it to help you complete this worksheet

I. Autotrophs: _________________________________________________________________________
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II. Heterotrophs: ________________________________________________________________________

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A. Herbivore:________________________________________________________________________
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B. Carnivore:________________________________________________________________________
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C. Omnivore:________________________________________________________________________
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D. Decomposer:______________________________________________________________________
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Practice: For each organism on the left, you are to correctly categorize its mode of nutrition, and explain why
you choose that as an answer.

Organism Mode of Nutrition Why?

Critical Thinking

1. How are autotrophs different than heterotrophs?

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2. Which type of nutrition, autotrophic nutrition or heterotrophic nutrition, plays a more important
role in an ecosystem? Explain. Must provide 3 reasons to support your claim.

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