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  • 15-09-2016
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what is the difference between a autotroph and a heterotroph

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dansah8080
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  • 15-09-2016
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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MoHudson
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  • 15-09-2016
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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