Discover why photosynthesis is the primary mode of nutrition in plants, fueling growth and oxygen production on Earth.
Discover why a tree is an autotroph and how it uses photosynthesis to create energy from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
Learn how bacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal vents use chemosynthetic autotrophic nutrition to produce food from inorganic molecules.
Discover how Nitrosomonas demonstrates chemoautotrophic nutrition by oxidizing ammonia and contributing to the nitrogen cycle.
Discover why green plants are autotrophic and how they produce food through photosynthesis using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
Learn what autotrophic nutrition is and how organisms produce their own food through photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.
Discover how trees act as autotrophs by using photosynthesis to produce their own food and support ecosystems.