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Which of these statements is true about autotrophs, but not heterotrophs?
They use sugar and oxygen to make carbon dioxide and water.
They use chlorophyll and oxygen to make carbon dioxide and water.
They use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make sugars.
They use sunlight, water, and oxygen to make chlorophyll.
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"They use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make sugars."
This describes photosynthesis, which photoautotrophs perform (6 CO2 + 6 H2O + light → C6H12O6 + 6 O2). Heterotrophs cannot make organic sugars from inorganic CO2 and water—they must obtain organic molecules by consuming other organisms.
This describes photosynthesis, which photoautotrophs perform (6 CO2 + 6 H2O + light → C6H12O6 + 6 O2). Heterotrophs cannot make organic sugars from inorganic CO2 and water—they must obtain organic molecules by consuming other organisms.
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