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The mode of nutrition in which organisms make food by themselves is known as ____ nutrition.

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parasitic
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autotrophic
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saprotrophic
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heterotrophic
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Solution

The correct option is B autotrophic
There are certain organisms which can make their own food and are called autotrophs. They utilise carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll and make their food in the form of glucose. This process is known as photosynthesis.

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