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  4. When an organism obtains energy by oxidation of inorganic compound, they are referred to as

Q. When an organism obtains energy by oxidation of inorganic compound, they are referred to as

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Solution:

The organisms obtaining energy by chemical reactions independent of light are called chemotrophs. When the reductants obtained from the environment in inorganic form then organisms are chemoautotrophs. While when its is organic then organisms are chemoheterotrophs.
Photoautotroph make their food by photosynthesis using the energy of sun. Saprozoic organisms obtain food from dead and decaying matter.