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No, it is actually the autotroph that can generate it's own food. Organisms such as grass and algae are autotrophs. Heterotrophs cannot synthesize their own food.
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Are liverworts autotroph or heterotroph?
An autotroph is an organism that makes its own food. A heterotroph needs to eat food to survive but cannot make its own. That said, liverworts cannot make their own food, therefore they are heterotrophs.
What are organisms called that can not produce their own food?
An organism that cannot produce its own food is called a Heterotroph.
Which organism is classified as a heterotroph?
A heterotroph is an organism or cell that cannot make its own food. In a word, it is not self-sufficient. The common heterotroph that everybody sees are animals. Animals must eat other organisms to survive. Unlike plants, which are autotrophs, the opposite of heterotrophs, they have no method to produce its own nutrients.
What is it called when a living thing makes its own food?
An organism that makes its own food is called an autotroph.
Which organism is a third-order heterotroph to what trophic level does that organism belong?
A snake is an organism that is a third-order heterotroph. Snakes belong to the third trophic level. There are approximately 3,000 species of snakes.
An organism that cannot make its own food is called a-?
An organism that cannot make its own food is called a heterotroph.
What is the organism called that eats the organism that eats it own food?
Heterotroph
What is an organism that can not make their own food called?
Heterotroph
What is an organism called that obtains energy from the food consumes?
heterotroph
What is an organism that does not produce its own food called?
A heterotroph, or consumer.
What is an organism that cant make it own food called?
a heterotroph
What do you call an organism that must take in food?
An organism that must take in food is called a heterotroph. An organism that is able to make their own food is called an autotroph.
When an organism Cannot make its own food it is called a?
heterotroph, consumer
An organism that cannot make its own food is called what?
A heterotroph, I believe.
What is the main difference between an autotroph an a heterotroph?
An organism that makes its own food is called an autotroph, think automatic. The organism automatically knows how to make its own food. A heterotroph is an organism that obtains food by consuming other living things. Examples of each: autotroph is grass, uses energy from the sun to create food. Heterotroph could be a wild dog, like a wolf that ate a lamb. The lamb would also be a heterotroph because it eats the grass.
What is the main difference between autotroph and a heterotroph?
An organism that makes its own food is called an autotroph, think automatic. The organism automatically knows how to make its own food. A heterotroph is an organism that obtains food by consuming other living things. Examples of each: autotroph is grass, uses energy from the sun to create food. Heterotroph could be a wild dog, like a wolf that ate a lamb. The lamb would also be a heterotroph because it eats the grass.
What is a living organism that makes it own food?
A Heterotroph does not make its own food, whereas autotrophs do.
