Question

Fungi are __________, whereas plants are autotrophs. A) autotrophs B) heterotrophs

Answer 1

Fungi are __________, whereas plants are autotrophs.

A) autotrophs

B) heterotrophs

Answer: Heterotrophs cannot make their own food, so they must eat or absorb it. For this reason, heterotrophs are also known as consumers. Consumers include all animals and fungi and many protists and bacteria. They may consume autotrophs or other heterotrophs or organic molecules from other organisms.

Answer 2

Answer: Heterotrophs

Explanation:

Fungi are heterotrophs which means they cannot make their own food. They depend on the other organism for their source of nutrition.

Whereas, the plants are autotropic in nature. This means they make their own food by the help of the process known as photosynthesis.

Fungi obtain their nutrition from the dead organism and performs saprophytic mode of nutrition.