Question

Describe how the food molecules that an organism eats can become part of that organism.

Answer 1

Answer:

Producers, or autotrophs, make their own organic molecules. Consumers, or heterotrophs, get organic molecules by eating other organisms. A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pàss as one organism eats another.

Answer 2

Answer:

A heterotroph is an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients. The term stems from the Greek words hetero for “other” and trophe for “nourishment.”