The mode of nutrition in which organisms make food themselves from simple substances is called:
A
Autotrophic nutrition
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B
Heterotrophic nutrition
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C
Saprotrophic nutrition
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D
Holozoic nutrition
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Solution
The correct option is A Autotrophic nutrition The mode of nutrition in which organisms make food themselves from simple substances is called autotrophic (auto = self; trophos = nourishment) nutrition. Plants can prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis and hence are autotrophs.