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No, it is actually the autotroph that can generate it's own food. Organisms such as grass and algae are autotrophs. Heterotrophs cannot synthesize their own food.

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What is the organism called that eats the organism that eats it own food?

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What is an organism that can not make their own food called?

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What is an organism called that obtains energy from the food consumes?

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What is an organism that does not produce its own food called?

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What do you call an organism that must take in food?

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When an organism Cannot make its own food it is called a?

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What is the main difference between autotroph and a heterotroph?

An organism that makes its own food is called an autotroph, think automatic. The organism automatically knows how to make its own food. A heterotroph is an organism that obtains food by consuming other living things. Examples of each: autotroph is grass, uses energy from the sun to create food. Heterotroph could be a wild dog, like a wolf that ate a lamb. The lamb would also be a heterotroph because it eats the grass.


What is the main difference between an autotroph an a heterotroph?

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An organism that needs to eat its food is called a?

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What is a living organism that makes it own food?

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