Question

(Blank) are organisms that consume other organisms.

Answer 1

answer

B)heterotrophs

-autorophs

Encyclopedic entry. An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.

-heterotrophs

An organism that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter. All animals, protozoans, fungi, and most bacteria are heterotrophs. Compare autotroph.

-producers

In ecology, we define producers as organisms that are able to make their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. ... An organism that cannot make its own food cannot be a producer in ecology by definition.