BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+INVEST.-CONNECT ACCESS
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ISBN: 9781260542233
Author: Hoefnagels
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Chapter 38, Problem 6MCQ
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Heterotrophs are the organisms that cannot prepare their own food, they depends upon others for their food. Primary consumers are the organisms that feed on primary producer. Autotrophs are those organisms that can prepare their own food. Herbivore is an animal that gets energy from eating green plants.
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