State the difference between nutrition in plants and animals.

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(N/A) $1$. Green plants are autotrophs, meaning they prepare their own food using simple raw materials like $CO_2$, $H_2O$, and sunlight through photosynthesis.
$2$. Animals lack chlorophyll and cannot synthesize their own food; they depend on plants or other animals for nutrition, which is known as heterotrophic nutrition.
$3$. Therefore, plants exhibit autotrophic nutrition, while animals exhibit heterotrophic nutrition.

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