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What type of organism can make its own energy-rich organic compounds from inorganic compounds?

autotroph

What type of organism cannot make their own energy-rich organic compounds and must obtain them from their environment?

heterotroph

What are two purposes of food?

Food provides energy to the organism and comprises the building blocks for synthesizing their own polymers.

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