EVERYDAY SCIENCE

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: -Consumers are also called heterotrophs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because autotrophs produce their own food, they are sometimes called producers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Autotrophs are primary producers at the top of the food chain. Heterotrophs are consumers that occupy the secondary and tertiary levels.

Detailed explanation-5: -Heterotrophs (or consumers) get organic molecules by eating other organisms or their by-products. Animals, fungi, and many bacteria are heterotrophs. Specialized heterotrophs, called decomposers break down dead organic material and wastes.