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because they are the ones able to harness free energy such as the sun and store it in sugars and other biological chemicals such as fats and proteins. other creature like us eat them to gain our energy so without them we would all starve.

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HETEROTROPHS burn off the energy they obtain. AUTOTROPHS produce the energy they obtain.

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