AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -All the organisms whose nutrition depends on the autotrophs are known as heterotrophs. Heterotrophs derive nutrition from the producers. Since the heterotrophs consume food from the producers they are known as consumers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heterotrophs are known as consumers because they consume producers or other consumers. Dogs, birds, fish, and humans are all examples of heterotrophs. Heterotrophs occupy the second and third levels in a food chain, a sequence of organisms that provide energy and nutrients for other organisms.

Detailed explanation-3: -A heterotroph (/ˈhɛtərəˌtroʊf, -ˌtrɒf/; from Ancient Greek (héteros) ‘other’, and (trophḗ) ‘nutrition’) is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Autotrophs are the producers in the food chain, meaning they create their own nutrients and energy. Kelp, like most autotrophs, creates energy through a process called photosynthesis. An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some heterotrophs can be considered either primary or secondary consumers because they are omnivores. Omnivores are animals that eat both plants and other animals. A primary consumer is one that eats producers and a secondary consumer is one that eats primary consumers.