EVERYDAY SCIENCE

SCIENCE

ECOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An organism that relies on other organisms for food (another name for a consumer)
A
autotroph
B
detrivore
C
heterotroph
D
producer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Heterotrophs. A heterotroph is an organism that consumes other organisms in a food chain.

Detailed explanation-3: -autotroph. Solution. Autotrophs are self feeding organisms such as plants. Plants produce their own food using photosynthesis. Plants are also known as producers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Euglena is autotrophic and heterotrophic both.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are four different types of heterotrophs which include herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and decomposers. Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores exhibit the holozoic type of heterotrophic nutrition.

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