Multiple choice

The organisms which cannot make their own food from the inorganic substances, like carbon dioxide and water and depend on the other organisms for their food are called ______.

  1. heterotrophic

  2. autotrophic

  3. carnivores

  4. herbivores

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Explanation

Heterotrophic organisms cannot produce their own food from inorganic sources and must consume other organisms. Autotrophs are the opposite, and carnivores/herbivores are specific subsets of heterotrophs.