Use a real world example to explain the difference between heterotrophic and autotrophic organisms.

Heterotrophic organisms are those organisms which are unable to make their own food. These organisms depend on other organisms for the uptake of nutrients. Example of heterotrophic organisms are animals and humans etc. Animals take nutrients by eating other organisms.

Autotrophic organisms are those organisms which has the ability to make their own food in the process of photosynthesis. Example of autotrophic organisms are plants and algae etc. Plants make their own food from the process of photosynthesis.

thermophiles, notice the prefix thermo.

more words for this could be abiotic and biotic

abiotic: living organisms within an ecosystem

biotic: non-living organisms within an ecosystem