alleryStart learning →Organisms capable of synthesising their own food are grouped as:
AHeterotrophs
BDetritivores
CHerbivores
DAutotrophs
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Autotrophs
1. Energy enters a food web through organisms that make their own food.
2. Photosynthetic and chemosynthetic organisms are grouped into one category.
3. That category is known as autotrophs.
4. Autotrophs are organisms capable of synthesizing their own food.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 46 'Ecosystems', sections 46.1-46.3_
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