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The most general answer is a consumer, which is then divided into carnivores (which eat other animals), herbivores (which eat plants) and detrivores (which eat non-living organic material).

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Organisms that obtain food from other organisms?

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Organisms that must obtain food for energy are referred to as consumers. Those that produce their own food (either through photosynthetic or chemical reactions) are referred to as producers.

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They are consumers.

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Heterotrophs

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Autotrophs

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Abiotic and biotic

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What do you call organisms that must obtain energy from food?

They are called consumers.


What are the organisms that obtain energy from food?

Consumers


What are heterotrophs and where do they get their energy?

Heterotrophs are organisms that consume food in order to obtain energy. These organisms get their energy by consuming organic molecules.


What are organisms that obtain energy from the food they eat are called?

Heterotrophs or consumers.


Examples of organisms that obtain energy from the food they eat?

Most animals


What do organisms obtain in food for energy?

Organisms form ATP from food. ATP is called the "energy currency" of the cell. ATP is like a battery, it runs all the cell's functions.


How do detritivores obtain energy?

i have no clue what the answer is i really hope sombody can answer this question


Organisms that belong to the same trophic level?

obtain energy at the same place in a food chain


Where do chemotrophs get energy from?

Most get their energy from food. However some very specialized organisms obtain energy from inorganic sources in extreme environments such as undersea vents.


What is evidence for what role does the sun play in how animals obtain their energy?

All organisms in a food chain or food web need the sun's energy to survive.


What do you call organisms that obtain food by trapping particles suspended in water in their pores?

filter feeding


What do you call organisms that makes their own food using sun's energy?

photosynthetic