ECOLOGY
ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Question
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Which organisms eat other living organisms to survive?
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producers
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consumers
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decomposers
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scavengers
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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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