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The term that applies is heterotroph, an organism that does not make its own food and acquires nutrition in the form of organic molecules made by other organisms. (Organisms that do create their own food supply are called autotrophs.).

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The scientific term is Heterotroph.

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Any organism that must consume food is called a heterotroph.

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If you need to gain energy by eating something then you are a consumer. A consumer could be a wolf or a bear.

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It is a heterotroph

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