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

Heterotrophic

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Autotrophic

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Nutritrophic

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Holozoic

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Solution

The correct option is B
Autotrophic

The mode of nutrition in which organisms make their own food from simple substances is called autotrophic nutrition(auto = self; trophos = nourishment). Plants are called autotrophs. They make their food with carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight.

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