NEET BIOLOGY

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: -Bacteria, fungi, yeast, cows, dogs, humans are all heterotrophs. They all depend on plants and other animals for their food.

Detailed explanation-3: -All heterotrophs must eat food to get energy. True 14. Autotrophs do not need to eat food because they make food.

Detailed explanation-4: -Heterotrophic organisms are consumers in the ecosystem because they cannot manufacture their own food. Examples of heterotrophic organisms are humans, dung beetles, and hyenas.

Detailed explanation-5: -Types of Heterotrophic Nutrition There are three different types of holozoic organisms and are classified on the basis of the food they consume. They are-carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.