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What are heterotrophs?

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What is a heterotroph?
A heterotroph is any organism that requires organic subtrates in order to survive. Basically, a heterotroph is a consumer which must eat other animals and cannot produce its own food.
What is heterotroph?
A heterotroph is an organism that requires organic substrates to get its carbon for growth and development. A heterotroph is known as a consumer in the food chain. Contrast with autotrophs which use...
What is heterotrophs?
is an organism that cannot fix carbon and uses organic carbon for growth.[1] This contrasts with autotrophs, such as plantsand algae, which can use energy from sunlight (photoautotrophs) or inorganic...
What is a heterotroph??
an autotroph is an organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy.
Is a fox a heterotroph?
yes because it feeds.