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Food is converted into ATP what happens when a heterotroph eats more food than it needs?
It is stored by an organism as fat.
What is the organism called that eats the organism that eats it own food?
Heterotroph
Is an elephant a autotroph or hetertroph?
An elephant is a heterotroph, meaning it eats plants and other animals to obtain food. Autotrophs are organisms like plants that are able to produce their own food.
What is a heterotroph and how does photosynthesis help it?
A heterotroph is something that eats other organisms foods and photosynthesis helps it by making the food for heterotroph's and other organisms to eat.
Why is a zebra a heterotroph?
A zebra is a heterotroph because it cannot produce its own food through photosynthesis like autotrophs do. Instead, zebras rely on consuming other organisms, such as plants, to obtain the nutrients they need to survive. This makes them dependent on external food sources for energy.
Is a heterotroph and a herbivore the same thing?
Not exactly. A heterotroph has to get its' food from other complex organisms but that can mean other animals (meat) and plants. But a herbivore eats plants only.
What types of organisms receive energy from all other organisms?
Heterotroph An autotroph is an organism that produces its own food. A heterotroph is an organism that eats autotrophs or heterotrophs that eat autotrophs. The food gets turned into energy.
Is a plant an example of a heterotroph?
A Venus fly trap is considered heterotrophic because it gets food from the flys it eats
What is the main difference between autotroph and a heterotroph?
An organism that makes its own food is called an autotroph, think automatic. The organism automatically knows how to make its own food. A heterotroph is an organism that obtains food by consuming other living things. Examples of each: autotroph is grass, uses energy from the sun to create food. Heterotroph could be a wild dog, like a wolf that ate a lamb. The lamb would also be a heterotroph because it eats the grass.
What is the main difference between an autotroph an a heterotroph?
An organism that makes its own food is called an autotroph, think automatic. The organism automatically knows how to make its own food. A heterotroph is an organism that obtains food by consuming other living things. Examples of each: autotroph is grass, uses energy from the sun to create food. Heterotroph could be a wild dog, like a wolf that ate a lamb. The lamb would also be a heterotroph because it eats the grass.
Is a Snake a herbivore or carnivore or Heterotroph or Autotroph?
A snake is a carnivore, which means it primarily eats other animals for energy and nutrients. Additionally, snakes are heterotrophs, meaning they cannot produce their own food and rely on consuming other organisms for sustenance.
What is an anteater a autotroph or a heterotroph?
Heterotroph, because it cannot make it's own food like plants who are autotrophs. Heterotrophs are organisms that consume food to receive the energy needed. Therefore an anteater is a heterotroph because it eats bugs and plants to get energy.
