Q. Organisms which obtain energy by the oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds are called

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Solution:

Organisms which obtain energy by the oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds are called chemoautotrophs. When the reductants obtained from the environment in inorganic form then organisms are chemoautotrophs. While when it is organic then organisms are chemoheterotrophs. Photoautotrophs make their food by photosynthesis using the energy of sun. Saprozoic organisms obtain food from dead and decaying matter.