an organism that obtains energy from food is called a consumer. If an organism is able to manufacture its own food from other energy sources e.g. plants from light, oxygen and water, it is called a producer.
All animals obtain energy, in some amount or form, from the food they eat. The food is broken down into nutrients, sugars, carbohydrates, and other needed substances. When the food is broken it releases those things into the body, giving it energy.
I think you may mean heterotrophs. They consume other organisms eg. a shark or cow, whereas autotrophs make their own food eg. plants. AliceJM
all organisms obtain energy from the foods they eat however the sea slug consumes algea and lives of the Photosynthesis provided by it
heterotroph
consumers?
A Food chain
Consumers and decomposers.
Energy flows from one organism to another.One organism eats other organism and energy is transferred.
Energy and nutrients are passed from organism to organism, through the food chain as one organism, eats another.
protist
food chains
A Food chain
Food chain.
The chemical energy that an organism obtains from food is converted to ATP.
heterotroph
Consumers and decomposers.
An organism obtains food and resources from its habitat.
A consumer because a producer is an organism that creates its own food, a consumer that only eats animals Is a 2nd level consumer
Producer - usually a green plant that produces its own food by photosynthesisFirst-order Consumer - the organism that eats the producerSecond-order Consumer - the organism that eats or derives nutrients from the first-order consumerHerbivore - a plant eaterCarnivore - an organism that obtains nutrients from the blood or flesh of an animalOmnivore - an organism which eats both plant and animal matterScavenger - an consumer that eats dead animals (e.g. crab)Detritivore - a consumer that obtains its nutrients from detritusDecomposer - an organism such as bacteria and fungi that breaks down dead organisms and their wastesTrophic Level - A trophic level is each level in a food chain. Matter is always 'lost' as heat energy at each trophic level.Basal Energy Requirement (B.E.R.) - the amount of energy used by an organism's body just to keep alive, when no food is being digested and no muscular work is being doneFood Web - a network of interrelated food chains in a given area
Energy flows from one organism to another.One organism eats other organism and energy is transferred.
Energy is transferred through a food chain when an organism eats another organism. As the food chain progresses, less energy is available when an organism is consumed.
Energy and nutrients are passed from organism to organism, through the food chain as one organism, eats another.