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What can an autotrophic organism do that an heterotrophic organism cannot?
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What can an autotrophic organism do that an heterotrophic organism cannot?

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ability to synthesize food itself. e. g. plants photosynthesize to produce glucose.

heteroptrophic humans like us have to consume other living organisms in order to obtain nutrients for energy.
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