OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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Consumers
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Autotrophs-can make their own food
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Heterotrophs-can’t make their own food, so they must ingest it somehow.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Heterotrophs cannot make their own food, so they must eat or absorb it. For this reason, heterotrophs are also known as consumers. Consumers include all animals and fungi and many protists and bacteria. They may consume autotrophs or other heterotrophs or organic molecules from other organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Food is chemical energy stored in organic molecules. Heterotrophs cannot make their own food, so they must eat or absorb it. Consumers include all animals and fungi and many protists and bacteria.
Detailed explanation-3: -Heterotrophs cannot synthesize their own food and rely on other organisms(both plants and animals) for nutrition.
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