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Differentiate between autotroph and heterotroph.

Prabhat Rajore · Accepted Answer

Differentiate between autotroph and heterotroph. - Wired Faculty

Autotroph	Heterotroph
1. They can make their own food from raw materials in presence of sunlight.	1. They cannot make their own food.
2. They take in simple inorganic substances and change it into complex organic food. e.g., All green plants.	2. They take in complex food and break it into simple food. e.g., All animals and fungi and non-green plants.

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