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Organisms that make their own food are called autotrophsor producers. All plants and most protists are producers.

Animals that consume other animals or plants are called heterotrophs or consumers. Almost all animals are consumers.

The names are based on Greek words auto (meaning "self"), hetero (meaning "other"), and troph (meaning "growth").

So a heterotroph grows by directly depending on other organisms.

Meanwhile, a producer grows on by itself, independent of other organisms.

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