types of organisms

Question 1

define heterotroph

Answer 1

organisms that consume other organisms in a food chain

Question 2

define consumer

Answer 2

organisms that get their energy from eating other organisms

Question 3

define autotroph

Answer 3

organism that produces complex organic molecules (carbs, lipids, proteins) using carbon from simple substances (carbon dioxide), using energy from light or inorganic chemical reactions

Question 4

define tertiary consumer

Answer 4

animal that eats a secondary consumer (carnivore)

Question 5

define secondary consumer

Answer 5

animal that eats a primary consumer (carnivore)

Question 6

define primary consumer

Answer 6

animals that eat producers (herbivores)

Question 7

define herbivore

Answer 7

animal that feeds on plants

Question 8

define carnivore

Answer 8

animal that feeds on other animals

Question 9

define omnivore

Answer 9

animal that eats both plants and other animals

Question 10

define decomposers

Answer 10

organisms that break down dead or decaying matter into inorganic ones (externally)

Question 11

define detritivores

Answer 11

organisms that feed on detritus (dead and decaying material)