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Heterotrophs are organisms that consume food in order to obtain energy. These organisms get their energy by consuming organic molecules.
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What are heterotrophs Give an example?
organisms that receive energy from autotrophs or other heterotrophs. ex... mice, dogs, lions
What organism can change from being autotrophic to being heterotrophic?
Heterotrophs get their energy from other organisms. They must either feed on other heterotrophs or on autotrophs, which create their own energy.
Organisms that obtain energy by taking in food are called?
heterotrophs
What is the term for any organism that can obtain its energy by eating other organism?
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How is the ultimate source of energy for heterotrophs the sun even though they cannot make their own food?
The sun is the ultimate source of energy for the vast majority of organisms. Producers convert the energy from sunlight into chemical energy stored in glucose molecules. Glucose molecules are combined to make starch for energy storage. Primary consumers (heterotrophs) feed on producers (autotrophs), and secondary consumers feed on primary consumers, and so on.
How do autotrophs obtain energy and how do heterotrophs obtain energy?
Heterotrophs obtain energy from foods they consume, and Autotrophs obtain energy by the sun light
What is the term for any organism that obtains its energy by eating other organims?
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How do autotrophs and heterotrophs differ in way they obtain energy?
Heterotrophs obtain energy from foods they consume, and Autotrophs obtain energy by the sun light
How do heterotrophs and autotrophs differ in the way they obtain energy?
Heterotrophs obtain energy from foods they consume, and Autotrophs obtain energy by the sun light
What food molecule is used by heterotrophs to make energy?
Heterotrophs are unable to make their food, but consume reduced carbon compounds. The heterotrophs are then able to obtain energy from the food for reproduction and growth.
What do heterotrophs use water for?
Heterotrophs use water to break the bonds to make energy.
Heterotrophs obtain the chemical energy used in metabolism from autotrophs or from other heterotrophs?
false or no
What does photosyntesis give to the heterotrophs?
energy
Can heterotrophs produce their own energy?
Heterotrophs cannot produce their own food, if that is what you mean by energy. For example, humans are heterotrophs. Autotrophs, however, can produce their own food (like plants, algae, etc). Both heterotrophs and autotrophs need energy to survive, they just use it in different ways.
Are detrivores and decomposers autotrophs or heterotrophs?
Decomposers are types of heterotrophs. They are not able to consume their own energy through photosynthesis. They get their energy from the remains of dead organisms.
How do autographs differ from heterotrophs in obtaining energy?
First of all, autographs and heterotrophs are not even closely related. Heterotrophs obtain energy by consuming organic matter of other organisms, either living or deceased. Autotrophs obtain energy by capturing it from sunlight (photosynthesis) or capturing chemical energy (chemosynthesis).
Where does cellular respiration occur in heterotrophs and and photosynthesis in autotrophs?
heterotrophs eat other organisms because they can not make their own food. so they obtain their energy by braking down their food to a simpler state through the process of respiration so yes heterotrophs preform respiration
