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Autotrophic/Heterotrophic
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hetero - can’t make their own food

auto - can make their own food (i remember this because they AUTOmatically make food.)

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Answer:

Autotrophs are organisms that prepare their own food through the process of photosynthesis,

heterotrophs are organisms that cannot prepare their own food and depend upon autotrophs for nutrition.

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