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Organisms that produce their own food using sunlight are called:
AConsumers
BProducers (autotrophs)
CDecomposers (option)
DCarnivores
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Producers (autotrophs)
1. Green plants use chlorophyll to capture sunlight and make glucose.
2. Self-feeders (autotrophs) form the first trophic level.
3. They are the producers in any food chain.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Science, Ch 13 "Our Environment", §13.1_
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