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Organisms that feed on each other are called parasites. There is the host (the one that is getting used) and the parasite (the one who sucks the blood). Organisms like ticks are parasites, sucking on human or dog blood. (You have probably seen them on your arms/legs)
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∙ 10y agoThe act of one organism feeding on another organism is called predation. If the organism eating the other organism isliving directly off that organism, such as a tapeworm, then that would be called parasatism.
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∙ 13y agoAn organism that feeds on other organisms is a consumer, as opposed to a producer which harvests the sun's energy to produce its own.
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What is a type of organism that feeds on other organisms?
Killer Whales feed on dolphins. Both are multicellular organisms. i think he means a more general description such as: carnivore, herbivore, consumer A parasite.
What organism must feed on other organisms?
Anything that's not a producer or autotroph, which means it makes its own food. An organism that feeds on other organisms is a heterotroph, which could be a parasite, which feeds on dead organisms; a carnivore, which is a meat eater; or an herbivore, which feeds on plants.
What organism can change from being autotrophic to being heterotrophic?
Heterotrophs get their energy from other organisms. They must either feed on other heterotrophs or on autotrophs, which create their own energy.
How are unicellular different from multicellular?
Unicellular organisms have only one cell for each organism. Multicellular organisms are organisms with more than one cell for each organism.
What is anything that can perform life processes by itself called?
You are most likely referring to autotrophs, which are organisms that can acquire their energy from inorganic sources such as sunlight and chemicals. Heterotrophs (like humans) have to acquire their energy from other organic material.
What are the ways in which the wasp and the tarantula each provide for their young?
They each plant their young on another organism and let their young use the organism as a host for them to feed
What are nuisance organisms?
the organism that feed on other living organisms
What does it mean to filter feed?
It means to feed by filtering - in other words, the organism eats whatever it strains out of the water.
Explain why no organism can exist alone?
because they need to feed on other organisms
Do wolves and pumas attack each other?
No.They do not feed on each other.
What is it when an organism is helpful to another organism?
It is called mutualism when both benefit from each other
What happens to energy when it moves from organism to organism?
It gives each other poopy pants
What do protist eat?
The protists that are like animals feed on other protozoa, amoebas, and algae.
Some organisms feed on other organisms without immediately killing the organism?
Parasite.
Organism that must feed on another organism in the environment?
A Predator.
How do cats feed each other?
by drinking each others milk
Interaction in which one organism captures and feed on another organism?
Predation
