An autotroph is an organism that is capable of capturing energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from a producers.
If you break down the stem words it'll be easier to identify...Auto is selfand troph is feed.So it literally means self feed... they feed themselves.hope that helps [:
For all practical purposes, autotrophs are plants. Another word would be producer. Autotroph and producer really mean the same thing. And we are usually talking about plants because they carry out photosynthesis to make food
An autotroph is an organism that is capable of capturing energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from a producers.
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troph is feed.
So it literally means self feed... they feed themselves.
hope that helps [:
For all practical purposes, autotrophs are plants. Another word would be producer. Autotroph and producer really mean the same thing. And we are usually talking about plants because they carry out photosynthesis to make food
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