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What is the relationship between heterotrophs and detritivores?
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Heterotrophs are organisms that uses organic compound as its source of food whereas detritivores are organism that uses organic waste as its source of food.
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What are the similarities between autotophs and heterotrophs?
An autotroph creates its own food/energy source, typically through photosynthesis. Heterotrophs rely upon outside sources for food/energy. The lowest level of heterotrophs are herbivores, or plant (aka autotrophs) eaters. Progressing up the food chain there are also carnivores (meat - aka other heterotrophs - eaters) and omnivores (will eat both plants and animals). The relationship from the heterotrophs side is fairly simple and easy to see - autotrophs are a food/energy source. The flipside, is that the heterotrophs, through bodily waste and other decaying matter, leave the minerals and nutrients that the autotrophs require to complete the photosynthetic process. In essence, the relationship is cyclical.
Which are the non-feeding relationship between autotrophs and heterotrophs?
I have a flower in my house. I'm a heterotroph, plant's an autotroph.Basically, anything any animal or otherwise does to or with anything that makes its own food that doesn't involve consumption.
What are examples of detritivores from the Lion King?
The bugs
What is the relationship between state and law?
Distinguish between a public law relationship and a private law relationship.
What is the relationship between ethics?
What is the relationship between ethics and WHAT? You need at least two things to have a relationship.
Are destivores autotrophs?
No, detritivores are heterotrophs.
What are the heterotrophs of an estuary?
Most small crabs in estuaries are detritivores
How does a heterotorph differ from an autotroph?
They differ in one fundamental way:Autotrophs fix their own energy. (They are the producers of the ecosystem.)Heterotrophs must get their energy from other sources. (They are the consumers, detritivores, or decomposers of the ecosystem.)
What are the similarities between autotophs and heterotrophs?
An autotroph creates its own food/energy source, typically through photosynthesis. Heterotrophs rely upon outside sources for food/energy. The lowest level of heterotrophs are herbivores, or plant (aka autotrophs) eaters. Progressing up the food chain there are also carnivores (meat - aka other heterotrophs - eaters) and omnivores (will eat both plants and animals). The relationship from the heterotrophs side is fairly simple and easy to see - autotrophs are a food/energy source. The flipside, is that the heterotrophs, through bodily waste and other decaying matter, leave the minerals and nutrients that the autotrophs require to complete the photosynthetic process. In essence, the relationship is cyclical.
Are snakes detritivores?
No: they are predators and scavengers, but not detritivores.
What is the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs and saprotrophs?
autotrophs are me heterotrophs are you saprotrophs are us all
Is it detritivores or detrivores?
The word is 'detritivores'.
What are three types of heterotrophs?
Three types of heterotrophes are: humans, alligators and fish. Plants are autotrophes which means they produce their own food within their body. If you compare the three heterotrophs I listed above, then they all consume (or eat) different types of food and capture them in different ways.
Are turkey vultures detritivores?
Eagles are not detritivores
What is a sentence using the word detritivores?
The detritivores have already begun feeding on this corpse. Detritivores contribute to decomposition.
Are seeds detrivores?
Seeds are not detritivores
Which type of heterotrophs would bacteria and fungi be classified as?
Fungi and bacteria are heterotrophs because they cannot consume energy directly from sunlight. They are classified as decomposers because they break down dead organisms by discharging enzymes.
