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How does a heterotorph differ from an autotroph?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

They differ in one fundamental way:

Autotrophs fix their own energy. (They are the producers of the ecosystem.)

Heterotrophs must get their energy from other sources. (They are the consumers, detritivores, or decomposers of the ecosystem.)

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