Lesson 5: An Introduction to Photoautotrophism (Part 1)

Photoautotrophic organisms is a long word. It looks really complex, but let's break it down.

We (humans) are heterotrophs.

  • The prefix 'hetero' means another.
  • a heterosexual person likes another gender.
  • heterozygous means there are two alleles at a particular gene locus.
  • heterogeneity means being different.

 

We - us heterotrophic humans - are consumers.

  • We depend on others for our nutritional requirements as we cannot synthesise our own food.
  • We eat plants.