Autotrophs. An organism like a green plant that can make its own food are called an autotrophs. Autotrophs can make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is present in these organisms, a mechanism where they gather, water from the soil, heat from the sunlight though the pigment called chlorophyll and carbon dioxide in the air to manufacture and generate its own food. Autotrophs are also the primary sources of food in the food chain which contains immense amount of calories.
