Organisms that depend on the energy stored in chemical bonds by other organisms for their food energy are called ________.

A. Chemotrophs
B. Autotrophs
C. Oligotrophs
D. Heterotrophs


Answer: D

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a. all of the choices b. parents without freckles have children with freckles c. a mating between a white and black horse rarely produced gray offspring d. a cross between white-flowered and purple-flowered pea plants never produced lavender-flowered offspring

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