From Latin : self-feeding.
An autotroph is an organism capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.
Also, it means the organism creates their own food instead of intaking from others. Sub divided into photoautotrophs which are plants and chemoautotrophs which are some bacteria that are able to synthesis their own food from inorganic substances.
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∙ 12y agoOrganism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds ;also called a producer
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∙ 11y agoAn oganism that makes its own food. For example, a plant makes its own food so it is autotroph.
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∙ 7y agoAutrotrophs use inorganic carbon as carbon source.Mainly they are photosynthetic organisms
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∙ 8y agoA plant that creates its own nourishment from inorganic molecules.