Producers, ie Plants.
heterotrophs
autotroph
autotroph
They cannot synthesize own food. photosynthesis gives food for them
Heterotrophs
Cattle are heterotrophs, they cannot synthesize their own food and rely on other organic matter for nutrition. While autotrophs are able to synthesize its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy.
Plants have got chlorophyll in them. With the help of the chlorophyll, plant synthesize their food in presence of light. So plants have always prepared their own food.
An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition.
...An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition . ;D
heterotroph An amoeba (as just one example!).
Organisms that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substance for nutrition are called hetrotrophic organisms. Some hetrotrophs would be birds, lions, elephants, bears, humans, etc.
Heterotrophs are organisms that cannot make their own food. They have to depend on other plants and animals for nutrition.