Question

Can heterotrophs make their own food?

Answer 1

Heterotrophs:

1. Organisms that are unable to prepare their own food.
2. They rely on other sources for food.
3. Therefore, heterotrophs cannot prepare their own food.
4. They are of different types based on their nutritional source.
   1. Herbivores- obtain nutrition from plants (cow, deer, etc.).
   2. Carnivores- obtain nutrition from anima meat (tiger, lion, etc.).
   3. Omnivores- obtain nutrition from both plants and animal meat (crows, human beings, etc.).
   4. Decomposers- obtain nutrition by breaking down food outside their body due to enzyme secretion (various fungi).
   5. Detritivores- obtain nutrition by consuming organic matter (cockroaches, beetles, etc.).
   6. Scavengers- obtain nutrition from decaying plant or animal meat(bears, wolves, etc.).