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Heterotroph, autotrophs can create their own food (plants and some bacteria). Heterotrophs consume other organisms to aquire their energy and much energy is lost between each level.
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∙ 15y agoAutotrophic means auto- self, and trophic-feeding. Plants are classified into this category because they, technically speaking, feed themselves. They produce all the food they need using only energy and CO2, no other outside forces or ingredients. Humans, on the other hand, need something else to make food for us. We are heterotrophic, meaning hetero-different and trophic-feeding, so we eat something different than ourselves. Given sunlight and CO2, humans could not make their own food source, we need a pre-made food source, like plants or other animals.
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∙ 6y agoHumans are not like plants and grasses which are autotrophs and can make their own food from sun light. That makes us heterotrophs.
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Is a kangaroo an autotroph or hetertroph?
A crocodile would be a heterotroph. Heterotrophs get their food and energy from other sources such as by consuming other animals. Autotrophs make their own food or energy such as through the process of photosynthesis.
What are organisms that make their own food called?
Producers is the name for organisms that make their own food.example;plants
Why would a cell need to do photosynthesis and cell respiration?
An autotroph such as a photosynthetic cell produces it's own food. Once produced through photosynthesis, the food needs to be used as in cellular respiration. Hetertroph, such as animals do not produce their own food. They must consume the food produced by the autotrophs or consume the heterotrophs that have consumed the food produced by the autotrophs.
How would you classify a single celled organism that has no nucleus?
I think you would classify it as a prokaryote
How do you classify a living thing?
you would classify a living thing as a bio or and animate object
Why Heterotrophs are dependent on autotrophs.?
Heterotrophs are dependent on autotrophs for a variety of reasons. The most obvious reason is that autotrophs are the only organisms that can produce organic molecules from inorganic molecules. This means that heterotrophs must consume autotrophs (or the organic molecules they produce) in order to obtain the organic molecules they need to survive. In addition to this, autotrophs play a vital role in the global carbon and water cycles. They take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and use it to produce organic molecules. This helps to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which would otherwise contribute to global warming. Autotrophs also release water vapor into the atmosphere through the process of transpiration. This helps to regulate the Earth's temperature and keep it habitable for other organisms. Without autotrophs, the world would be a very different place. Heterotrophs would not be able to survive, and the planet would be uninhabitable for most other organisms.
What is the answer for eats other heterotrophs?
Heterotrophs are living things that have to eat other living things to survive. That would be an animal, since plants make their own food.Heterotrophs that eat other heterotrophs would be animals that eat other animals. Heterotrophs that eat only other heterotrophs would be a carnivore. If the heterotroph eats both heterotrophs (animals) and autotrophs (plants), that would describe an omnivore.
Why is it logical to believe that the earliest form of life are the heterotrophs?
It's not. Autotrophs (plants), were the first organisms on Earth. They photsynthesize their food, thus creating an ample food supply for a first degree heterotroph. According to the food-energy pyramid, of the 100% energy contained in the autotrophs, only 10% is passed on to the first degree heterotrophs. Of that, only 10% is passed on, meaning that of the original sum, only 1% of energy is passed on to the second-degree heterotrophs. Therefore, there must be enough autotrophs to support any population of heterotrophs. It's illogical then to reason that heterotrophs were the first organisms. They would have had no food. Any type of food for a heterotrophs is either an autotroph or a lower degree heterotroph that eats an autotroph.
Is it true an autotroph is an organism that cannot make its own food?
Autotrophs use light energy from the Sun and inorganic compounds to carry out photosynthesis; therefore they do not rely on other organisms for their food source. Heterotrophs are organisms that need to "eat", or rely on other animals to serve as an energy source.
Why orparin said the first organisims was heterotrophs not autotrophs?
One good reason for that would be that O2 levels, the product of autotrophs, was not high in the early atmosphere. So, you needed autotrophs to build that O2 level to an appreciable amount of oxygen in the air. Since there was anaerobic life before autotrophs one could be reasonable sure they were hetertrophic.
How do you differentiate autotrophs from heterotrophs?
Heterotrophs came first because they could live off the minerals in the oceans (Heterotrophs are just organisms that take their source of energy from somewhere else - minerals do count). Autotrophs, however, could not have lived first because the ozone layer was not formed, and taking in the sunlight would have been the same as taking in harmful UV radiation that would have killed the autotrophs. The cyanobacteria (which are heterotrophs) were the ones that first helped create the ozone layer.Actually, Cyanobacteria aren't heterotrophic. This WRONG answer led me cramming for our debate about Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs. If you want to know about which came first, either search about primordial theory by A.I Oparin or go to http://leiwenwu.tripod.com/(:my yahoomail: lord_reverie@yahoo.com.ph
Is a kangaroo an autotroph or hetertroph?
A crocodile would be a heterotroph. Heterotrophs get their food and energy from other sources such as by consuming other animals. Autotrophs make their own food or energy such as through the process of photosynthesis.
Do heterotrophs depend on autotrophs for there survival?
That is a complicated question. The short answer would be some do. Any animal that eats plants is a heterotroph that depends on autotrophs for survival. In reality, every heterotroph depends on autotrophs for their survival. Any carnivorous animal will die out fairly quickly if there is no pray to eat, and animals who eat plants are the vast majority of prey.
Why is a deer considered a heterotroph?
Consumers are heterotrophs because, unlike autotrophs, they do not make their own food. Instead, the Consume other animals to obtain nutrition.
What are some typical foods in the taiga?
If you mean for animals, then it would be other animals and plants (A.K.A autotrophs and heterotrophs) but if you mean for humans,well you better not even think of me answering that.
Is a koala heterotroph or autotroph?
A koala bear is not a plant, so it can't be an autotroph. Koalas consume autotrophs, so they are heterotrophs.
What will happen if human beings become autotrophs?
Instead of eating, we would produce our own food by means of inorganic compounds which would make us chemoautotrophs, or the sun which would make us photoautotrophs..
