The mode of nutrition in which organisms make their own food from simple substances is called:

Autotrophic nutrition

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Heterotrophic nutrition

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Saprophytic nutrition

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Holozoic nutrition

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The correct option is A Autotrophic nutrition
The mode of nutrition in which organisms make their own food from simple substances is called autotrophic nutrition ('auto' = self; 'trophos' = nourishment). Green plants can prepare their own food, therefore they are autotrophs.

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