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Heterotrophs are organisms that depend on other organisms for their source of food and nutrition
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∙ 13y agoHeterotrophs are organisms that depend on other organisms for their source of food and nutrition
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∙ 9y agoHeterotrophs do not make their own food. They eat other organisms in order to get there food and are also eaten by other organisms.
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∙ 9y agoHeterotrophs are organisms that can be able to get their nutrients from organic substances which are complex. They cannot fix carbon from carbon dioxide but they use organic carbon instead.
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∙ 14y agorely on many food sources for food. Literally translated, heterotroph, means other feeder.
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What are heterotrophs and where do they get their energy?
Heterotrophs are organisms that consume food in order to obtain energy. These organisms get their energy by consuming organic molecules.
What are organisms that can't make food?
Heterotrophs
Which microbes are heterotrophs?
The microbes that are heterotrophic organisms are those that don't produce their own food. Instead, they feed off of autotrophic organisms or other heterotrophs.
Organisms that obtain energy by taking in food are called?
heterotrophs
What are heterotrophs Give an example?
organisms that receive energy from autotrophs or other heterotrophs. ex... mice, dogs, lions
How big are heterotrophs?
Heterotrophs are a range of shapes and sizes. They can range from unicellular organisms to elephants. This is because heterotrophs eat other organisms for food.
What are heterotrophs and where do they get their energy?
Heterotrophs are organisms that consume food in order to obtain energy. These organisms get their energy by consuming organic molecules.
Is a camel an autotroph or heterotroph?
Camels are heterotrophs. Autotrophs are organisms that create their own food, such as plants. Heterotrophs are organisms that consume other organisms for nutrients/energy.
Organisms that are not autotrophs?
Are called heterotrophs.
Which are heterotrophs?
The microbes that are heterotrophic organisms are those that don't produce their own food. Instead, they feed off of autotrophic organisms or other heterotrophs.
How do heterotrophs and heterotrophs. differ?
Autotrophs make their own food through photosynthesis. Heterotrophs obtain nourishment by eating other organisms.
What are organisms that can't make food?
Heterotrophs
Which microbes are heterotrophs?
The microbes that are heterotrophic organisms are those that don't produce their own food. Instead, they feed off of autotrophic organisms or other heterotrophs.
Organisms that obtain energy by taking in food are called?
heterotrophs
What do you call organisms that can make their own food?
heterotrophs
How do heterotrophs get carbon molecules?
By feeding on other organisms.
What do most protist heterotrophs eat?
These organisms eat other organisms, parts or product of other organisms or the remains of the organisms
