Environmental Sciences, asked by shaizali2779, 9 months ago

Why are the animals and human called heterotrophs?

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Answered by Anonymous
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Humans and animals are called heterotrophs because they cannot synthesise their own food but depend on other organisms for their food.

Answered by saishabora
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Answer:

Humans are heterotrophs or omnivores because Humans eat both animal proteins and plant for food.

Explanation:

hetero means different or mixed. This means that humans eat different types of food sources. Another word for this is omnivore.

which means that humans eat everything.

Carnivores eat mainly meat or animal protein.

herbivores eat mainly plants for energy.

heterotrophs or omnivores eat both.

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