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Plants autotrophic or heterotrophic

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Plants are autotrophic. This means they make their own food. Plants are photosynthetic autotrophs, because they make their energy from sunlight. This is in contrast to chemosynthetic autotrophs found near hydrothermal vents which produce their energy from chemicals.

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