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What is the difference between a autotroph and a heterotroph
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What is the difference between a autotroph and a heterotroph

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Autotroph: an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances, such as carbon dioxide

Heterotroph: an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
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an autotroph is an organism that prepares its own food using simple organic materials whist a heterotroph is an organism that cannot prepare its own food but depends on other organisms for survival.

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