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Aim: How Can We Describe The Types of Nutrition in Living Things? Do Now: 1. What Is Nutrition? 2. Why Do Living Things Need Nutrition?

Nutrition in living things can be described as either autotrophic or heterotrophic. Autotrophic nutrition involves organisms producing their own food, through either photosynthesis which uses light as an energy source, or chemosynthesis which uses chemical reactions. Heterotrophic nutrition involves organisms that obtain organic compounds from other organisms, such as animals obtaining food. There are two main types of nutrition on Earth.

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Aim: How Can We Describe The Types of Nutrition in Living Things? Do Now: 1. What Is Nutrition? 2. Why Do Living Things Need Nutrition?

Nutrition in living things can be described as either autotrophic or heterotrophic. Autotrophic nutrition involves organisms producing their own food, through either photosynthesis which uses light as an energy source, or chemosynthesis which uses chemical reactions. Heterotrophic nutrition involves organisms that obtain organic compounds from other organisms, such as animals obtaining food. There are two main types of nutrition on Earth.

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Aim: How can we describe the types of

nutrition in living things?

Do now:

1. What is nutrition?

2. Why do living things need nutrition?


Nutrition:
How an organism gets food
(nutrients, organic compounds) and makes it
available to the cells.
Nutrients:
useful portion of food:
-sugar
-amino acid
-fat
-starch
Organic Compounds =
FOOD!!!!!!
2 TYPES OF NUTRITION
1. Autotrophic nutrition –
Auto (self)
trophic (refers to feeding and nutrition)
“Self feeding.”
-Organisms that make their own
organic compounds
ex. Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
a. Photosynthesis
Photo (light)
synthesis (creating, making)
-Light is the source of energy for
the production of food.
-“Who?”
ex. Plants
Autotrophs:
b. Chemosynthesis –
Chemo (chemical)
synthesis (creating, making)
-Chemical activity is the source of energy
for the production of organic compounds.
Who?
-organisms in environments that do not
rely on the sun to make food.
ex. Deep sea organisms
Photosynthesis Chemosynthesis
Chemosynthetic nutrition - Deep sea tube worms and
arthropod
So far…..
Nutrition:
1. Autotrophic:
a. photosynthesis
b. chemosynthesis
Autotrophs –
Organisms that can make their own food
by photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
2. Heterotrophic nutrition –
Hetero: other
trophic: (refers to feeding and nutrition)
“Fed by others.”
- Heterotrophs: Organisms that eat
organic compounds made by others.
ex. Animals or animal-like protists
called protozoa: amoeba, paramecium.
Proto (first)
zoa (animal, zoo)
Examples of heterotrophs

paramecium
More heterotrophs….
Obviously, a _________________ .
heterotroph!
Are you a heterotroph?

Summary:
2 types of nutrition on Earth:

1. Autotrophic
- photosynthesis
- chemosynthesis
2. Heterotrophic
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