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Match the terms to these definitions:
Heterotrophy, autotroph, evolution, prokaryote, microsphere, ozone shield, chemoheterotroph, protocell
.......... Organism that can not synthesize organic Compounds from inorganic substances.

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A heterotroph is an organism that cannot manufacture its own food by carbon fixation and therefore derives its intake of nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter.
So, the correct option is 'heterotroph'.

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