Differentiate between autotrophic organisms and heterotrophic organisms

      

Differentiate between autotrophic organisms and heterotrophic organisms

  

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Francis
- Biologists distinguish between these organisms that make their own food from simple inorganic material (autotrophic organisms) and those that require complex organic molecules already constructed from them (heterotrophic organisms).
- Heterotrophs are unable to construct their own organic molecules from a solely inorganic source an as such, must feed on autotrophs in order to survive.
- The autotrophs are also known as primary producers, while the heterotrophs are consumers.
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