NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which organisms eat other living organisms to survive?
A
producers
B
consumers
C
decomposers
D
scavengers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Top predators, also called apex predators, eat other consumers. Consumers can be carnivores (animals that eat other animals) or omnivores (animals that eat both plants and animals).

Detailed explanation-2: -A heterotroph is an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carnivores eat other consumers. This means they eat other animals. Animals that eat both producers and consumers are called omnivores.

Detailed explanation-4: -A carnivore is an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals. Sometimes carnivores are called predators. Organisms that carnivores hunt are called prey.

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