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Q: What must consume other organisms to gain energy?
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Why plants have chloroplast and animals do not?

It's because animals are heterotrophs. The consume other organisms to gain energy by eating, drinking etc. Plants are autotrophs, which mean they produce and release energy by themselves because they can't consume other organisms. With the exception of carnivorous plants


How does cheetahs change the environment?

cheetahs would be around about 3rd order consumers, they consume other organisms, using this energy. when the cheetah dies, it decomposes and the energy is returned to the environment, thus maintaining energy gain and loss in an ecosystem.


How are decomposer and consumers alike?

They all take in energy. All diagrammed as a food chain.


Define the term animal?

Animals are organisms that eat other animals or plants to gain energy.


Is the platypus a decomposer?

The platypus gains energy by eating other organisms, meaning it is a carnivore. A platypus is not a decomposer because decomposers gain energy by decomposing dead organisms.


What is the mode of nutrition of kingdom monera?

Kingdom Animalia are chemoheterotroph in terms of their mode of nutrition. They consume organic compounds, carbonically for energy sources.


How are decomposers and carnivores and herbivores alike?

Both decomposers and consumers gain energy by consuming organic matter. A decomposer, however, only includes organisms that consume dead organisms, while consumers may consume any organisms, dead or alive. Decomposers are counted as consumers, but not all consumers are decomposers.


How do organisms that use fermentation gain energy using this method?

The organisms that use fermentation, such as yeast, gain energy by converting carbohydrates to carbon dioxides and alcohols. Organisms that use fermentation do not require sunlight.


Are seabirds decomposers?

A seahorse gains energy by eating other live organisms, meaning it is a carnivore. A seahorse is not a decomposer because decomposers gain energy from breaking down dead organisms.


Define the word consumer?

A consumer is an organism that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.


Compare and contrast producers and consumers?

Producers are organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis or other reactions and are a food source for other organisms (e.x. plants, extremophile benthos communities). Consumers are organisms that ingest other organisms, like plants, in order to gain energy (e.x. herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, detrivores).


Why is food needed by animals?

All animals, yourself included, consume food to gain energy. Unlike plants, animals can't use sunlight to produce energy, however, by eating plants or other animals, an animal can convert the energy that organism had for its own use.