Please match the following nutritional types with the statements that most accurately describe them, to test your understanding of the main categories of nutritional types among organisms.

Heterotroph
A) An organism that uses inorganic carbon dioxide as its carbon source
B) An organism that must obtain its carbon in an organic form
C) An organism that gains energy from chemical compounds
D) An organism that acquires energy from light


B) An organism that must obtain its carbon in an organic form

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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