10th New Syllabus Biology - Autotrophic Nutrition

Autotrophic Nutrition: We know that autotrophs are the organisms capable of using light energy to synthesize chemical compounds. They acquire nutrients like some minerals and water from the soil as well as some gases from the air. They are capable of producing large compounds like carbohydrates, proteins, lipids etc. from these very simple substances. These carbohydrates produced by plants are