FOOD TECHNOLOGY

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: -Some heterotrophs are secondary consumers and are also known as carnivores, or meat-eaters because they eat other heterotrophs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Autotrophs are also known as producers. They occupy the first trophic level. They convert the solar energy into chemical energy making it available for the successive trophic levels.

Detailed explanation-4: -Heterotrophs, also known as other-feeders, can’t capture light or chemical energy to make their own food out of carbon dioxide. Humans are heterotrophs. Instead, heterotrophs get organic molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts. Animals, fungi, and many bacteria are heterotrophs.