NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
NUTRITION
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Plants; producers
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Animals; producers
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Plants; consumers
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Animals; consumers
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some heterotrophs are primary consumers and are also known as herbivores. They eat the autotrophic plants and/or other organisms capable of manufacturing their own food, such as phytoplankton and photosynthetic bacteria.
Detailed explanation-3: -An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals. Because autotrophs produce their own food, they are sometimes called producers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Consumers can be carnivores (animals that eat other animals) or omnivores (animals that eat both plants and animals).