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What is a living thing that obtains energy from other living things?
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∙ 9y ago
A heterotroph is any living thing that obtains energy from another living thing.
All animals and all fungi are heterotrophs.
Many bacteria and a few parasitic plants are heterotrophs.
(All known carnivorous plants are autotrophs -- they get their energy from sunlight; the bugs they eat for their nitrogen and other rare nutrients).
The heterotrophs can be further divided into
carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, saprotrophs, and
parasites.
Consumers or Predators
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt would be a consumer here is a definition:
A consumer is something that has to feed off of other things in order to survive in it's ecosystem otherwise it would just die off.
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∙ 13y agoHeterotrophs (the smart way of saying it).
They can also be called consumers in talking in eco-systems. (the simple way of saying it).
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∙ 14y agoYou may be looking for the term "heterotroph."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterotroph
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∙ 9y agoA living thing that obtains energy from other living things is called a consumer. Consumers must eat to obtain their energy because they cannot make it themselves.
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∙ 12y agoWiki User
∙ 12y agoparasite
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∙ 11y agoconsumers
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How do living things get energy indirectly?
By eating other living things.
An orgamism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms is called what?
metrivores
Which type of organism obtains energy by metabolizing molecules produced by other organisms?
Heterotrophs
What other things that are living organism?
Everything that are living are living organisms. Every other things are not considered to be a living organism e.g. viruses.
All living things come from other living things describes what word?
Cells
Why is energy required for living things do living things obtain energy?
Energy is required for living things because they have to have energy to do every other characteristic of life. Living things obtain energy by making it themselves or eating other organisms.
How do living things get energy indirectly?
By eating other living things.
What obtains energy from other organism?
parasites
What are the living this called that obtain energy from other living things?
consumer
Animals have to eat other living things to get?
their energy
An orgamism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms is called what?
metrivores
What is the term for organism that obtains its energy by eating other organisms?
Heterotrophs
Living things that can not make their own food are?
"Consumer" is the biological term for life that derives its energy from other living things.
Is a hawk an autotroph?
No. An autotroph (auto = self; troph = nutrition) is an organism that obtains the energy it needs to live and grow via energy from the sun (photoautotrophy) or energy stored in the chemical bonds of simple inorganic molecules (chemoautotrophy). An owl is regarded as a heterotroph (hetero = other) because it obtains the energy it needs to live and grow by consuming other living organisms, such as rodents.
Why do living things need energy and where do they get it?
Living things need energy to do stuff like grow, breathe, walk around, dress themselves, sleep, procreate and do their homework. They get it by eating or by soaking up soil and sunlight. If they don't, they soon cease to be living things, and they no longer need to worry about energy.
Which obtains energy by feeding on other organisms?
everything but non-carnivorus plants
What is the term for any organism the obtains its energy by eating other organisms?
Heterotrophs
