Biology 13.3
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Heterotroph
Another word for consumers. The prefix hetero means "different."
Autotrophs
Another word for producers. The suffix troph comes from a Greek word meaning "nourishment". The prefix auto means "self."
Consumers
Organisms that get their energy by eating other living or once-living resources.
Producer
Organisms that get their energy from nonliving resources meaning they make their own food.
Chemosynthesis
The process by which an organism forms carbohydrates using chemicals as an energy source.
Photosynthesis
Two-stage process that green plants, cyanobacteria, and some protists us to produce energy.