Consumers

Consumers

Consumers, also known as heterotrophs, are organisms that cannot produce their own food and must obtain energy by consuming other organisms. They occupy various levels in the food web, including primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers. Consumers include animals, fungi, many protists...

Producers, like plants, create their own food through photosynthesis. However, all other organisms must consume plants or other animals to obtain the energy they need—these organisms are called consumers.

It includes all animals, fungi, and many protists and bacteria. Animals eat other organisms. Fungi break down organic matter externally ...