An autotroph captures energy from other sources and does not actually produce energy because ____.
A. once energy is created it can be destroyed.
B. the transfer of energy increases entropy.
C. energy cannot be created or destroyed.
D. the transfer of energy increases the disorder of a system.
E. kinetic energy is based on location.
C. energy cannot be created or destroyed.
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