What term is used to describe an organism that makes its own food
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An autotroph is an organism that can make its own food using sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, or other natural chemicals.
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Autotroph:
It is an organism that serves as a primary (main) producer in a food chain. They obtain energy and nutrients by utilizing sunlight through photosynthesis (photoautotrophs) or, obtain chemical energy through oxidation (chemoautotrophs) to make organic substances from inorganic ones. Autotrophs do not consume and eat other organisms as food, but they are consumed by heterotrophs.
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Autotrophs is a term which is used to describe an organism that makes its own food .
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- An organism that can make its own nourishment by the use of light, water, carbon dioxide, or other substances is an autotroph.
- Autotrophs are also referred to as producers because they make their own nourishment.
- Although plants are the most well-known autotroph, there are numerous more types of autotrophic creatures.
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