AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A heterotroph is an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heterotrophs: It is an organism that depends on other plants or animals for energy and nutrients. They are consumers. The living organisms that cannot make their own food are called Heterotrophs.

Detailed explanation-3: -They are called omnivores, from the Latin words that mean “eats everything.” A raccoon is an example of an omnivore; it eats plant matter such as berries and acorns, but it also catches crayfish, frogs, fish, and other small animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Living things that have to hunt, gather and eat their food are called consumers. Consumers have to eat to gain energy or they will die. There are four types of consumers: omnivores, carnivores, herbivores and decomposers. Herbivores are living things that only eat plants to get the food and energy they need.

Detailed explanation-5: -Animal cells do not contain organelles that can harness natural energy like solar energy and convert simple compounds into complex ones, like chloroplasts in plants. Chloroplasts can absorb sunlight and use it in conjunction with water and carbon dioxide gas to produce food.