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What are consumers?
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The term Consumer has two meanings:
A consumer is an organism that eats or absorbs food from an external source. Consumers are also called Heterotrophs
Plants absorb nutrients, carbon dioxide, and water, then use sunlight to convert them into glucose (sugar) for food.
Animals typically eat or plants, animals, or other organic materials from their environment.
Bacteria absorb their food through osmosis (water), diffusion (small particles), active transport (larger particles), or by other interesting means.
A consumer is a person who purchases a goods to live life.
Consumers: any organism that can't make its own food
In terms of biology:
A consumer is an organism that eats or absorbs food from an external source. Consumers are also called Heterotrophs
Plants absorb nutrients, carbon dioxide, and water, then use sunlight to convert them into glucose (sugar) for food.
Animals typically eat or plants, animals, or other organic materials from their environment.
Bacteria absorb their food through osmosis (water), diffusion (small particles), active transport (larger particles), or by other interesting means.
In terms of economics:
A consumer is a person who purchases a goods to live life.
Consumers: any organism that can't make its own food
Consumers have to feed on producers or other consumers to survive. Deer are herbivores, which means that they only eat plants (Producers). Bears are another example of consumers. Black bears are omnivores and scavengers, like skunks and raccoons, which means that they will eat just about anything. In a forest community, Black Bears will eat blueberries, bugs, acorns, and many kinds of nuts.
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