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Organisms that obtain their energy from the food they consume are called heterotrophs. These include animals, fungi, and many bacteria, which rely on organic compounds for energy, in contrast to autotrophs that produce their own food through processes like photosynthesis. Heterotrophs play a crucial role in ecosystems by breaking down organic material and recycling nutrients.
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Name the organism that is the source of all food in an ecosystem-?
An organism that is the source of all food in an ecosystem is called a producer. A consumer gets its energy by feeding on other organisms.
How can a organism in the fourth tropic level obtain energy from the sun?
An organism in the fourth level gets food from the sun by consuming organisms in the levels below it.
Why each tropic level didn't receive full amount of available energy?
Once an organism consumes a living thing, it gets energy from it. In a food pyramid, only 10% of the energy is passed on to the consumer. For example if an organism had 1000 calories of energy in it, and it was eaten, the predator would have gotten 10% of 1000 or 100 calories. If an animal eats that animal, it gets 10% of 100 in energy; 10 calories. And so on... NOTE- This is why food pyramids have so few tropic levels
What is organism that gets energy by eating another organism is known as?
a consumer
How does an autroph get its food?
An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. This means they can convert sunlight or inorganic compounds into organic molecules that serve as nutrients for the organism.
An organism that gets it food by making it from light energy?
Plant via Photosynthesis
Which organism in the food web below gets energy directly from ants?
Frog And
What gas does an organism release after it gets energy from food?
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Which eukaryote organism gets its energy from photosynthesis?
Chloroplast is the ekaryote organism that photosynthesis gets its energy from.
What is the external source of energy on which the organism depends?
The sun because it gets its enegry from it to make food
Name the organism that is the source of all food in an ecosystem-?
An organism that is the source of all food in an ecosystem is called a producer. A consumer gets its energy by feeding on other organisms.
An animal is a answer as it cannot make its own food. Animals eat plants?
an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms. an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food. an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living
What types of organisms receive energy from all other organisms?
Heterotroph An autotroph is an organism that produces its own food. A heterotroph is an organism that eats autotrophs or heterotrophs that eat autotrophs. The food gets turned into energy.
Which outcome is most likely if a person consumes more calories than needed for daily activities?
Calories are only a measure for 'heat energy' or the energy produced by the oxidation of carbohydrates/fats during work. If energy burnt is less than the food consumed then the fat gets stored in the body to make an organism obese.
How can a organism in the fourth tropic level obtain energy from the sun?
An organism in the fourth level gets food from the sun by consuming organisms in the levels below it.
What does primary cunsumers mean?
An organism that gets its energy from producers (plants/autotrouphs). It is the first heterrotophs on a food chain.
Why each tropic level didn't receive full amount of available energy?
Once an organism consumes a living thing, it gets energy from it. In a food pyramid, only 10% of the energy is passed on to the consumer. For example if an organism had 1000 calories of energy in it, and it was eaten, the predator would have gotten 10% of 1000 or 100 calories. If an animal eats that animal, it gets 10% of 100 in energy; 10 calories. And so on... NOTE- This is why food pyramids have so few tropic levels
